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Control, stress, and job satisfaction in Canadian nurses

Abstract: The main effects of four domains of control (task, decision, resource, physical environment) on job satisfaction and their interactions with three types of job stressors (task demands, role conflict, interpersonal conflict) were examined in a sample of 765 Canadian nurses. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to determine the proportion of variance in job satisfaction that could be accounted for by job stressors, control, and the interaction of stressors and control in that order. The job stressors were analysed separately and as a composite job demands score, as were the four domains of control. The results indicated that the proportion of variance in job satisfaction increased with the addition of control for the composite scores and for task, resource, and physical environment control. However, decision control did not account for additional variance in job satisfaction above that for any of the job stressors. In addition, none of the stressor x control interactions were significant. Th...

Burnout, job satisfaction, and job performance

Abstract: Job “burnout” is often used in ways not well distinguished from older concepts, such as job dissatisfaction and poor performance. An attempt was made to distinguish the three notions, both theoretically and operationally, and to investigate their presumably distinctive correlates in two samples of employees 248 nurses (professional sample) and 108 service employees (non-professional). In both samples the three measures were inter-correlated, but burnout could be distinguished from subjective incompetence in that the latter state was found most commonly among employees of junior status. In the professional sample, but not in the non-professional sample, burnout could barely be distinguished from job dissatisfaction, in that the latter state was somewhat less associated with the personality characteristics of “striver/ achiever” (a component of “Type A personality”) and commitment to life (a component of “hardiness”. Nevertheless, more theoretical and operational attention are needed if clear disti...

Relation of Job Satisfaction and Job Knowledge and Their Effect on Intention to Turnover

Abstract: The construct of job knowledge has received increasing attention from researchers interested in the relations with variables such as performance ratings, work experience, job sample test scores, and ability. The purpose of the present study was to estimate the previously unexamined relationship of job knowledge to both job satisfaction and intention to turnover. Although job satisfaction and intention to turnover were negatively correlated as predicted, the job knowledge of 60 MBA students was independent of the other two variables.

Age-related differences in job characteristics and in their relation to job satisfaction.

Abstract: Age-related differences in work attitudes and behavior are due to psychosocial and biological aging, the cohort under study, and the time period of the measurement. Some general findings from earlier studies on the aging worker can be summarized. Older workers attach greater importance to security and affiliation and less importance to self-actualization than younger workers. These differences are primarily related to various career stages and life cycles. Older workers usually have a higher job satisfaction than younger ones. They also display a higher level of internal work motivation and job involvement. Moving to a better job with age probably accounts for the increased satisfaction (1). The average age of the Finnish working population is increasing together with the rapid and simultaneous change in work conditions and job structures. Special attention should therefore be paid to creating a good fit between work demands and individual resources. This study has focused on age-related differences in job characteristics and on their relation to job satisfaction and dissatisfaction during the active worklife span of 15 - 64 years.