Table 2 Job satisfaction scores of hospital staff (Mean, SD, P-value)
From: Does Finnish hospital staff job satisfaction vary across occupational groups?
Staff group | Leadership | Requiring factors of the work | Motivating factors of the work | Working environment | Working welfare | Participation in decision-making | Sense of community | Job satisfaction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
Nursing staff (n = 779) | 3.86 (0.91) | 3.16 (0.76) | 4.27 (0.60) | 3.28 (0.95) | 4.19 (0.57) | 3.44 (0.84) | 3.76 (0.80) | 3.71 (0.56) |
Physicians (n = 147) | 3.87 (0.83) | 3.27 (0.87) | 4.38 (0.52) | 3.76 (0.80) | 4.07 (0.65) | 3.76 (0.77) | 3.70 (0.87) | 3.81 (0.61) |
Research staff (n = 65) | 3.84 (0.67) | 3.36 (0.64) | 4.28 (0.61) | 3.57 (0.92) | 4.16 (0.50) | 3.48 (0.82) | 3.78 (0.65) | 3.78 (0.48) |
Maintenance staff (n = 237) | 3.62 (0.97) | 3.23 (0.76) | 4.25 (0.60) | 3.53 (0.91) | 4.22 (0.56) | 3.48 (0.85) | 3.52 (0.87) | 3.69 (0.59) |
Office and administrative staff (n = 196) | 3.85 (0.87) | 3.58 (0.67) | 4.21 (0.66) | 3.93 (0.84) | 4.25 (0.61) | 3.53 (0.88) | 3.81 (0.72) | 3.88 (0.54) |
All staff groups (n = 1424) | 3.82 (0.90) | 3.25 (0.77) | 4.27 (0.60) | 3.47 (0.94) | 4.19 (0.58) | 3.49 (0.84) | 3.72 (0.81) | 3.74 (0.57) |
P-value | 0.008 | < 0.0001 | 0.255 | < 0.0001 | 0.065 | < 0.001 | 0.004 | < 0.001 |