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Table 3 Psychosocial working conditions: means, univariate tests and covariate F-tests between the hospital types

From: Physicians' working conditions and job satisfaction: does hospital ownership in Germany make a difference?

 

Private for-profit

Public

Private nonprofit

F-test

Covariates F-tests

 

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

(d.f. = 2, 200)

(d.f. = 1, 202)

        

Age

Experience

Gender

Job demands

          

Quantitative demands

61.59

14.31

67.17

13.73

67.46

11.83

4.24*

1.49

.63

.27

Emotional demands

59.81

14.19

59.22

14.60

62.37

16.65

.48

6.62**

.10

.01

Demands for hiding emotions

46.17

17.62

46.67

15.01

47.02

20.91

.07

1.96

.05

1.41

Job resources

          

Possibilities for development

69.66

12.70

69.25

12.99

72.22

14.19

.81

1.84

.60

.16

Degree of freedom at work

49.76

16.26

51.33

14.72

49.14

15.48

.64

1.76

.01

.65

Influence at work

35.99

15.99

40.33

17.26

37.00

16.04

1.76

.26

.21

7.14**

Social relationships

59.68

19.79

55.67

20.68

52.98

19.41

1.76

4.31*

.21

3.11

Sense of community

74.33

13.35

72.33

12.64

79.37

12.33

5.58**

.26

.25

1.40

Social support

64.21

14.89

67.42

16.16

66.60

15.35

.91

.73

.02

.67

Quality of leadership

44.35

20.49

50.25

18.16

54.07

18.28

4.19*

1.04

4.50*

.60

Feedback at work

30.65

18.62

37.50

18.26

39.09

18.31

3.63*

.71

.45

.81

Job outcome

          

Job satisfaction

57.72

15.21

58.93

11.78

61.22

12.36

1.32

.04

3.94*

2.28

  1. * p < .05; ** p < .01.