creators_name: Jathanna, R creators_name: Melisha, RD creators_name: Mary, G creators_name: Latha, KS creators_id: roopa.jathanna@manipal.edu editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: BS Kakkilaya type: journale datestamp: 2012-11-09 17:37:19 lastmod: 2012-11-09 17:37:19 metadata_visibility: show title: Determinants of Job Satisfaction among Healthcare Workers at a Tertiary Care Hospital ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Health care worker; Dependent family; Job satisfaction abstract: Job satisfaction can be defined as "the extent to which people like or dislike their jobs". This definition suggests job satisfaction is a general or global affective reaction that individuals hold about their job. Family Roles are patterns of behavior by which individuals fulfill family functions and needs. Family role changes may affect their daily activities including a person’s work. Unlike traditional job satisfaction surveys, this study was trying to explore the correlation between employee’s personal profile and their satisfaction in their job. The personal profile determinants which were compared with overall job satisfaction were - Age, Gender, Work experience, marital status, dependent children and parents. It revealed that majority of the determinants studied were having positive impact on the job satisfaction. It is interesting to note that comparatively young employees with dependents were more satisfied with their job. They were feeling satisfied and motivated to work as they were contributing to the family. date: 2011-11-15 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences volume: 10 number: 3 publisher: BS Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Al-Aameri AS, Job satisfaction and organizational commitment for nurses. Saudi Medical Journal. 2000;21(6):231-235. 2. Fisher CD, Locke EA, The new look in job satisfaction research and theory. In: Cranny CJ, Smith PC, Stone EF. (Eds.), Job Satisfaction: How People Feel About Their Jobs and How it Affects Their Performance. Lexington Books, NY. 1992 p 165–194. 3. Spector PE. Job satisfaction: Application, assessment, causes, and consequences. Sage; Thousand Oaks, CA. 1997. p. 2. 4. Lincoln JR, Kalleberg AL. Culture, Control, and Commitment: A Study of Work Organization and Work Attitudes in the United States and Japan. Cambridge University Press, New York. 1990. 5. Bhagat RS, Mcquaid SJ, Role of subjective culture in organizations: a review and directions for future research. Journal of Applied Psychology 1982;67(5):653–685. 6. Epstein NB, Bishop D, Ryan C et al. The McMaster Model View of Healthy Family Functioning. In Froma Walsh (Eds.), Normal Family Processes The Guilford Press: New York/London. 1993. pp. 138-160. 7. Srivastava UR. Work-Family Facilitation: An off-neglected aspect of the work- family interface. Journal of Psychological Researches. 2008;52:91-98. citation: Jathanna, R and Melisha, RD and Mary, G and Latha, KS (2011) Determinants of Job Satisfaction among Healthcare Workers at a Tertiary Care Hospital. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/8001/1/2011-3-5.pdf