1Assistant Professor, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Lalitpur Nursing Campus, Lalitpur, Nepal
2Professor, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Lalitpur Nursing Campus, Lalitpur, Nepal
3RN: Registered Nurse, National Academy for Medical Sciences, Kathmandu
4RN: Registered Nurse, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
*Corresponding Author: Rekha Timalsina Email ID: rekha.timalsina@gmail.com Contact No. 9841368888 (Mobile no.), 01-4114194 (Residence)
Online published on 16 August, 2018.
Job satisfaction gives people a sense of fulfillment which motivates them, increases their productivity, enhances their career growth and decreases their turnover. The objective of the study was to identify predictors of job satisfaction among university nursing faculty of Kathmandu valley.
A cross-sectional analytical study was adopted. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used for selecting 209 samples from different colleges of nursing affiliated to different university. Self administered structured questionnaires were used for the collection of data. Analysis was done among 197 respondents using SPSS software version 16. Descriptive and regression analysis were done. Adjusted odds ratio was also calculated.
This study showed that respondents were: dissatisfied (49.7%), ambivalent (25.4%) and satisfied (24.9%) towards pay; dissatisfied (54.3%), ambivalent (25.9%) and satisfied (19.8%) towards promotion; satisfied (62.4%), ambivalent (24.9%) and dissatisfied (12.7%) on supervision; dissatisfied (47.2%), ambivalent (31.5%) and satisfied (21.3%) towards fringe benefits; dissatisfied (45.2%), ambivalent (41.1%) and satisfied (13.7%) on operating condition; dissatisfied (49.7%), ambivalent (28.9%) and satisfied (21.3%) on contingent rewards; satisfied (86.3%), ambivalent (12.7%) and dissatisfied (1.0%) on coworkers; satisfied (86.8%), ambivalent (11.7%) and dissatisfied (1.5%) on nature of work; satisfied (49.2%), ambivalent (31.0%) and dissatisfied (19.8%) on communication. Regarding overall job satisfaction, respondents were ambivalent (55.8%), satisfied (34.0%) and dissatisfied (10.2%). Favorable perception towards faculty developmental opportunity and high level of perceived organizational support contributed significantly to the prediction of job satisfaction.
On the basis of findings, university nursing faculty are ambivalent towards their job, this means they neither satisfied nor dissatisfied towards their job. Perceived faculty developmental opportunity and perceived organizational support are the predictors of job satisfaction. Therefore, organization must pay attention to the modifiable predictors of job satisfaction for improving job satisfaction of nursing faculty.
Job satisfaction; predictors, university nursing faculty
