From: Determinants of staff job satisfaction of caregivers in two nursing homes in Pennsylvania
Author(s) | Job Satisfaction Instrument | Number of Items | Number of Response options (Anchors used) | Job Satisfaction Domains | Sample Size and Setting | Analyses Used | Significant Findings |
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Parsons and associates (2003) [3] | Modified from Herzberg (1966) | 35 | 5 (strongly disagree – strongly agree) | Personal opportunity Supervision | 550 NAs in 70 facilities in Louisiana | Ordinary Least Squares Regression | Most dissatisfied with pay, benefits, and recognition |
 |  |  |  | Benefits |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Coworker support |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Social rewards |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Task rewards |  |  |  |
Moyle and associates (2003) [39] | N/A | N/A | N/A | Workplace flexibility | 27 RNs and NAs in one facility in Australia | Content analysis of focus group data | Satisfaction was linked to workplace flexibility, residents, team environment, and better resident care |
 |  |  |  | Team environment |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Optimal resident care |  |  |  |
Chou, Boldy, & Lee (2002a, b) [7, 19] | Measure of Job Satisfaction (MJS) | 22 | 5 (very dissatisfied – very satisfied) | Professional support | Seventy facilities with 610 nursing home staff and 373 hostel care staff in Australia | Structural Equation Modeling | Job satisfaction is associated with professional support |
 |  |  |  | Personal satisfaction Workload |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Training |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Team spirit/co-workers |  |  |  |
Will and Simmons (1999) [33] | Job Descriptive Index (JDI) | NG | NG | Work on present job | 423 NAs in 29 nursing homes in Ohio | Means | Satisfied most with work and least with pay |
 |  |  |  | Pay |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Opportunities for promotion |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Supervision |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Co-workers |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Job in general |  |  |  |
Atchison (1998) [20] | Job Diagnostic Survey | 14 | 5 (extremely dissatisfied – extremely satisfied) | Satisfaction | 283 NAs in 24 nursing homes | Chi square | Job satisfaction lowest for security, growth/development, socialization, and challenges |
 |  |  |  | Job security |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Coworkers |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Sense of accomplishment |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Helping other people |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Dissatisfaction |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Pay/benefits |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Potential for job growth |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Management |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Autonomy |  |  |  |
Kiyak, Namazi, & Kahana (1997) [27] | Job Descriptive Index (JDI) | NG | NG | Work on present job | 308 nursing home and community agency staff | Ordinary Least Squares Regression | Higher dissatisfaction associated with turnover |
 |  |  |  | Pay |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Opportunities for promotion |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Supervision |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Co-workers |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Job in general |  |  |  |
Gillies, Foreman, & Pettengill (1996) [22] | Index of Work Satisfaction (IWS) | 44 | 7 (not given) | Autonomy | 44 nurse directors and nurse educators working in long-term care facilities | Repeated Measures ANOVA | Job satisfaction highest for interactions, autonomy, and professional status |
 |  |  |  | Interaction |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Agency policies |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Pay |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Professional status |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Task requirement |  |  |  |
Grieshaber, Parker, & Deering (1995) [1] | Â | Â | Â | Work environment | Two nursing homes | Â | Â |
 |  |  |  | Job content |  |  |  |
Irvine & Evans (1995)+ [40] | N/A | N/A | N/A | Routinization | Meta-analyses with combined sample size of 5,352 | Meta-analyses | Work content and work environment are more strongly associated with job satisfaction than economic variables |
 |  |  |  | Autonomy |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Feedback |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Role conflict |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Role ambiguity |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Work overload |  |  |  |
Coward and associates (1995) [29] | Modified Stamps and Piedmonte (1986) scale [IWS] | 18 | 5 (strongly disagree – strongly agree) | Professional status | 281 RNs and LPNs from 26 nursing homes | Multivariate regression analysis | Five factors associated with job satisfaction (race, income, supervisor, initial intent to stay, current intent to leave) |
 |  |  |  | Task requirement |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Autonomy |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Interactions with other nurses |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Pay |  |  |  |
Monahan & Carthy (1992) [41] | N/A | N/A | N/A | Attachment | 75 NAs at 7 nursing homes | Content analysis | Attachment most related to retention of NAs |
 |  |  |  | Gratification |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Demands |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Monetary needs |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Decision-making |  |  |  |
Grau and associates (1991) [42] | Combined several scales | 44 | 5 different scales | Job process | 219 NAs in one nursing home | Hierarchical regression analysis | Social atmosphere and job benefits associated with institutional loyalty |
 |  |  |  | Attitudes toward administration |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Social atmosphere |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Job benefits |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Job tasks |  |  |  |
Anderson, Aird, & Haslam (1991) [43] | NG | 12 | 5 (strongly disagree – strongly agree) | None | 212 nursing staff in 6 nursing homes | Means | Nursing staff have high levels of satisfaction, but is associated with absenteeism |
Humphris & Turner (1989) [44] | Porter (1962) scale | 13 | 6 (extremely satisfied – extremely unsatisfied) | Working conditions | 84 nurses at a unit for the elderly severely mentally infirm | Chi square | Low satisfaction was associated with turnover from unit |
 |  |  |  | Emotional climate |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | General |  |  |  |
Mullins and associates (1988) [45] | Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) | 36 | NG | Pay | Heads of departments (n = 439) from 46 nursing homes | Regression analyses | Most satisfied when individual efforts are rewarded |
 |  |  |  | Promotion |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Supervision |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Benefits |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Rewards/appreciation |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Working conditions |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Coworkers |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Nature of job |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Communication |  |  |  |
Deckard, Hicks & Rountree (1986) [46] | Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) | NG | NG | Skill variety | 340 nurses from a nursing home chain | Means | Job satisfaction was similar to norms in other occupations |
 |  |  |  | Task identity |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Task significance |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Autonomy |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Job feedback |  |  |  |
Waxman and associates (1984) [47] | Minnesota Satisfaction Scale | 20 | 5 (very dissatisfied – very satisfied) | Job Satisfaction Scale | 234 NAs in 7 facilities, uses 20 questions for overall job satisfaction score | Kendal's Rank Order Correlation | Positive association between job satisfaction and turnover |
Bergman et al. (1984) [2] | None | 19 | 4 (none – very much) | Job | 12 long-term care facilities and 432 RNs, LPNs, and NAs | ANOVA | Descriptive results provided |
 |  |  |  | Knowledge, skill, and attitudes |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Autonomy |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Stress |  |  |  |