Diagnosing Job Satisfaction in Mental Health Institutions.

Autor/inn/en	Buffum, William E.; Konick, Andrew
Institution	Ohio State Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Columbus.
Titel	Diagnosing Job Satisfaction in Mental Health Institutions.
Quelle	(1982), (45 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Attitude Measures; Employee Attitudes; Health Personnel; Interpersonal Relationship; Job Satisfaction; Mental Health Clinics; Organizational Climate; Professional Recognition; Psychiatric Hospitals; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Vocational Adjustment; Work Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Medizinisches Personal; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Organisationsklima; Phsychiatric institution; Psychiatrische Einrichtung; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität; Personalanpassung; Arbeitsmilieu
Abstract	Job satisfaction in mental health organizations has been a neglected research topic, in spite of the fact that mental health organizations themselves are concerned with quality of life issues. To study job satisfaction at three long-term public psychiatric hospitals, the Job Satisfaction Index was administered to 44 direct service employees. In general, employees who were most satisfied: (1) worked in a decentralized hospital differentiated by a unit-program structure; (2) had professional job titles; (3) were over age 45; (4) were neither high nor low in education level; and (5) had been employed at the hospital either less than 4 or more than 10 years. Residents' change toward discharge readiness also raised satisfaction with work and co-workers. The findings suggest a need for further exploration of the relationship between job satisfaction and hospital organization structure. (Author/JAC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01