The Relationships of Professional Self-Concept, Professional Autonomy and Self-esteem to Job Satisfaction of Clinical Nurses.
- Author:
Mi Hae SUNG
1
;
Yoon Ah KIM
;
Myung Jin HA
Author Information
1. Institute for Health Science Department of Nursing, Inje University, Korea. nursmh@inje.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Nurse;
Self-concept;
Professional autonomy;
Self-esteem;
Job satisfaction
- MeSH:
Job Satisfaction;
Marital Status;
Professional Autonomy
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
2011;18(4):547-555
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between professional self-concept, professional autonomy, self-esteem, and job satisfaction of clinical nurses. METHOD: Data were collected from a convenience sample of 289 clinical nurses who worked in one of 4 hospitals located in B City. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression. RESULTS: There were significant differences in job satisfaction according to marital status, current position, shift pattern, and average income. There was a significant positive correlation between professional self-concept and professional autonomy, self-esteem and job satisfaction. Job satisfaction showed a significant positive correlation with professional autonomy and self-esteem. The significant factors influencing job satisfaction were professional self-concept, self-esteem and professional autonomy, which explained 29.5% of the variance in job satisfaction. CONCLUSION: The results of this study indicate that the important role-related variables of professional self-concept, self-esteem and professional autonomy of clinical nurses are significantly related, and that as, professional self-concept is an important factor for job satisfaction of clinical nurses, strategies to increase professional self-concept need to be developed.
