Influence of Emotional Labor and Nursing Professional Values on Job Satisfaction in Small and Medium-sized Hospital Nurses.
10.7739/jkafn.2015.22.1.7
- Author:
Yeong Ok RYU
1
;
Eun KO
Author Information
1. Nursing Department, Suncheonhana Hospital, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Emotion;
Professional;
Job Satisfaction;
Hospital;
Nurses
- MeSH:
Job Satisfaction*;
Nursing*
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
2015;22(1):7-15
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was done to investigate the correlation among emotional labor, nursing professional values, and job satisfaction and identify factors that affect job satisfaction of nurses working in small and medium-sized hospitals. METHODS: Data were collected from 214 nurses in S city. The following measurement tools were used: Emotional labor by Morris et al. (1996), Nursing Professional Values Scale by Yeun et al. (2005), and Index of Work Satisfaction by Stamps et al. (1978). Collected data were analyzed with SPSS/WIN 18.0 using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression. RESULTS: Participants' scores for emotional labor, nursing professional values and job satisfaction were 3.11+/-0.48, 3.46+/-0.39, and 3.02+/-0.29 respectively. Emotional labor showed a negative correlation with job satisfaction (r=-.33, p<.001), while nursing professional values showed a positive correlation with job satisfaction (r=.58, p<.001). Emotional labor and nursing professional values were identified as factors influencing job satisfaction. The model explained about 39% of the variance in job satisfaction (F=67.40, p<.001). CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that it is important to manage emotional labor as well as to improve professional values and job satisfaction of nurses working in small and medium-sized hospital.
