A meta-analysis of studies of nurses' job satisfaction

Although several variables have been correlated with nursing job satisfaction, the findings are not uniform across studies. Three commonly noted variables from the nursing literature are: autonomy, job stress, and nurse–physician collaboration. This meta‐analysis examined the strength of the relatio...

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Published in:	Research in nursing & health Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 445 - 458
Main Authors:	Zangaro, George A., Soeken, Karen L.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.08.2007 Wiley Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Adult Aged Attitude of Health Personnel Autonomy Biological and medical sciences Burnout, Professional - etiology Burnout, Professional - psychology Collaboration Cooperative Behavior Correlation analysis Doctor-Nurse collaboration Female Health Facility Environment Health participants Humans Job autonomy Job Satisfaction Male Medical personnel Medical sciences Meta-analysis Middle Aged Miscellaneous Nurse's Role - psychology Nurses Nursing Nursing Administration Research - organization & administration Nursing Methodology Research - organization & administration Nursing Staff - organization & administration Nursing Staff - psychology Occupational stress Personnel Loyalty Personnel Turnover Physician-Nurse Relations Physicians Practitioner patient relationship Professional Autonomy Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine recruitment retention Risk Factors Salaries and Fringe Benefits Satisfaction Sensitivity and Specificity Studies Variables Work Work environment work satisfaction Workload Workplace - organization & administration Workplace - psychology Human Health staff work satisfaction Retention Metaanalysis Recruitment iob satisfaction Nursing Professional practice Work Job satisfaction Public health Nurse
ISSN:	0160-6891, 1098-240X
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Summary:	Although several variables have been correlated with nursing job satisfaction, the findings are not uniform across studies. Three commonly noted variables from the nursing literature are: autonomy, job stress, and nurse–physician collaboration. This meta‐analysis examined the strength of the relationships between job satisfaction and autonomy, job stress, and nurse–physician collaboration among registered nurses working in staff positions. A meta‐analysis of 31 studies representing a total of 14,567 subjects was performed. Job satisfaction was most strongly correlated with job stress (ES = −.43), followed by nurse–physician collaboration (ES = .37), and autonomy (ES = .30). These findings have implications for the importance of improving the work environment to increase nurses' job satisfaction. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 30:445–458, 2007.
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ISSN:	0160-6891 1098-240X
DOI:	10.1002/nur.20202