Job Satisfaction and Performance Orientation of Paramedics in German Emergency Medical Services—A Nationwide Survey

(1) Background: Shortage of skilled workers is a relevant global health care problem. To remain competitive with other professions, job satisfaction is a critical issue; however, to date, there are no data available on the German EMS. This study aims to perform a statistical analysis of job satisfaction and performance orientation and to identify risk factors for low job satisfaction of paramedics in the German EMS. (2) Methods: Data were collected from 2590 paramedics through a nationwide cross-sectional survey, using the job satisfaction questionnaire by Neuberger and Allerbeck and the performance orientation questionnaire by Hippler and Krüger. Descriptive and regression statistical analysis were performed. (3) Results: The participants scored significantly lower than the reference sample on job satisfaction, with “organization and management” and “payment” being the lowest rated subscales. Around 9% of employees feared losing their jobs. While work attitude toward performance and success enhancement was high, fear of failure was also common. (4) Conclusion: Job satisfaction of paramedics in the German EMS is below that of the reference sample. Discontent with payment and organizational issues is common. Performance orientation is high, but fear of failure is frequent. Current and future efforts that aim at an attractive working environment should reflect on these findings.

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Effects of Motivation on the Performance of Employees of Ecobank Ghana Limited. Knust Branch and Stadium Branch

Journal of Business Theory and Practice ◽

10.22158/jbtp.v4n1p111 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 111 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mrs. Loretta Sarpong

Keyword(s):

Employee Performance ◽

Case Study Research ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Working Environment ◽

High Expectation ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Working Day ◽

And Performance

This study, the effect of motivation on the performance of employees of Ecobank Limited, KNUST Branch and Stadium branch was aimed at assessing motivation and its effect on employee performance. The sample size for the study was thirty employees from both branches. Probability sampling and simple random sampling techniques were used to select the respondents of the questionnaires. The cross-sectional survey and a case study research design were used for the study. The study revealed that indeed there is a relationship between motivation and performance and aside the known fact that money is the key amongst the motivational factors to employees, it was realized that employees are gradually becoming particular about trust, respect and high expectation, recognition and appreciation and good working environment. The study also revealed that, management can make use of different strategies and policies to motivate employees in the banking environment. Employees are interested in enhanced salaries, housing loan, fringe benefits, promotion and car loans as motivating elements sufficient to push employees of the bank to give out their best. The study recommended that employees are involved in all the decisions affecting their lives and concluded that, 86.7% of the respondents said that they enjoyed going to work every working day and indicated that their behavior is as a result of the various motivational packages available for being present throughout the year.

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Academic Staff Satisfaction with their Work: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Medical University

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.3889/oamjms.2019.657 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (14) ◽

pp. 2384-2390

Author(s):

Rositsa Dimova ◽

Rumyana Stoyanova ◽

Stanislava Harizanova ◽

Miglena Tarnovska ◽

Donka Keskinova

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Academic Staff ◽

Work Satisfaction ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Management Style ◽

Working Environment ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Mental Strain ◽

Cross Sectional

BACKGROUND: Employees' work satisfaction, combined with democratic management, are important predictors of future productivity in any organisation. AIM: The aim of this study is to investigate job satisfaction in academic staff as well as the associated working environment factors, using an original self-administered questionnaire. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted using an original standardised questionnaire. It involved 370 academic staff members at one of the five medical universities in Bulgaria. The questionnaire consists of 17 items (including occupational hazards, management style, conflict solving and demographic characteristics) rated on a 5-point Likert scale. RESULTS: The results revealed that the majority of academic staff (71.7%) works in a risky environment. Employees indicate that “mental strain”, “work with chemical agents and dust” and “work with biological hazards” are the most common risk factors. Democratic leadership and cooperation are most commonly applied management styles. CONCLUSION: The instrument for the measurement of job satisfaction revealed high values of psychometric characteristics for reliability and validity. The study found a high level of satisfaction of academics with their working conditions. It is necessary to conduct similar studies periodically to detect more precisely the decrease in academic staff work satisfaction and take timely and adequate measures to improve it.

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Job satisfaction and its associated factors among optometrists in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ◽

10.1186/s12955-020-01650-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Kwadwo Owusu Akuffo ◽

Eldad Agyei-Manu ◽

David Ben Kumah ◽

Anthony Danso-Appiah ◽

Abubakar Sadik Mohammed ◽

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Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Human Resources ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Critical Role ◽

Final Analysis ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Eye Health ◽

Overall Job Satisfaction

Abstract Background Job satisfaction describes an employee’s motivation and/or feeling of satisfaction towards his/her work. Globally, healthcare professionals’ turnover and retention play a critical role in the delivery of essential health services. In Ghana, however, little has been done to ascertain job satisfaction levels among human resources for eye-health. The objective of this study therefore was to assess job satisfaction and its associated factors among optometrists in Ghana. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 304 registered and licensed optometrists of the Ghana Optometric Association between September 2018 and June 2019. A validated, well-structured questionnaire was used to elicit information on socio-demographic characteristics of participants and measures on job satisfaction. Scores from a five-point Likert scale was employed to examine job satisfaction and its associated factors. Linear regression analyses were used to evaluate the association between overall job satisfaction and its associated factors using Rasch logit scores. Results A total of 214 optometrists gave valid responses to the questionnaires used for the final analysis. The mean (± SD) score of the overall perception of job satisfaction among optometrists was 3.36 (± 1.00), with 74.3% of them being satisfied with their jobs. After statistical adjustment, Good work-life balance (Unstandardized co-efficient (β) = 0.288, p = 0.001), Salary (β = 0.222, p < 0.0005), Supervision (β = 0.117, p = 0.044), and Continuing Education Opportunities (β = 0.138, p = 0.017) were all significantly associated with higher levels of overall job satisfaction. Conclusions Most optometrists were satisfied with their jobs. Effective strategic planning and management of human resources for eye-health in Ghana are essential in the development of quality eye-health systems and the provision of high-quality eyecare services.

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Job motivation and some factors affecting job motivation of office and support staffs at Dong Thap General hospital in 2017

Journal of Health and Development Studies ◽

10.38148/jhds.0403skpt20-028 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 04 (03) ◽

pp. 9-17

Author(s):

Quynh Pham ◽

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Minh Tuan Le ◽

Thanh Phung ◽

Thi Huyen Chang Pham

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

General Hospital ◽

Working Environment ◽

Average Score ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Research Results ◽

Job Motivation ◽

The Board Of Directors ◽

Intrinsic Job Satisfaction

The study was conducted with 02 objectives to describe and analyze some factors affecting the motivation of office and support staffs working at Dong Thap General Hospital in 2017. The research design is cross-sectional, combining quantitative and qualitative methods. Research results show that, the motivation average score of office and support staffs with the general motivation; burnout; job satisfaction; intrinsic job satisfaction; organizational commitment; conscientiousness; timeliness and attendance oscillate from 2.91 to 3.5. The motivation average score of office and support staffs with burnout is lowest and the motivation average score of office and support staffs with conscientiousness is highest. Some factors affecting the motivation of office and support staffs are income policies; training opportunities; satisfaction of colleagues and managers; working environment; equipment and facilities. The research results provide evidence to help the Board of Directors to develop solutions to improve the motivation of office and support staffs in the future. Keywords: job motivation, office and support staffs, hospital.

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Examining police officers’ perceptions of stress: the role of Person−environment fit

Policing An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management ◽

10.1108/pijpsm-02-2021-0034 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Rachael Rief ◽

Samantha Clinkinbeard

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Police Officers ◽

Well Being ◽

Work Outcomes ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Organizational Fit ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Content Type ◽

The Relationship ◽

Overall Job Satisfaction

PurposeThe purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between officer perceptions of fit in their organization and stress (organizational and operational), overall job satisfaction and turnover contemplation (within the last 6 months).Design/methodology/approachThe authors used cross-sectional survey data from a sample of 832 officers from two Midwest police departments to examine the relationships between fit, stress and work-related attitudes.FindingsPerceived stress and organizational fit were strong predictors of overall job satisfaction and turnover contemplation; organizational fit accounted for the most variation in stress, satisfaction and turnover contemplation. Organizational stress partially mediated the relationship between organizational fit and job satisfaction and organizational fit and turnover contemplation.Research ImplicationsMore research is needed to identify predictors of organizational fit perceptions among police officers.Practical implicationsFindings indicate that agencies should pay close attention to the organizational culture and structure when trying to address issues of officer well-being and retention. Further, the person−environment framework can be a useful tool in examining police occupational outcomes.Originality/valueThe authors findings contribute to research on officer stress by exploring perceptions of organizational fit as a predictor of stress and unpacking how officer stress matters to important work outcomes, including job satisfaction and thoughts of turnover, by considering stress as a mediator between organizational fit and these work outcomes.

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Does supervisor gender moderate the mediation of job embeddedness between LMX and job satisfaction?

Gender in Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/gm-07-2019-0137 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Jodie Louise Stewart ◽

Karl Kilian Konrad Wiener

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Role Theory ◽

Job Embeddedness ◽

Survey Study ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Content Type ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

Purpose This paper aims to examine the quality of the relationship between a supervisor and their subordinate, conceptualised as leader member exchange (LMX), and the mediating influence of subordinate’s job embeddedness on job satisfaction. The LMX model considered the four-gender dominant leadership style facets, female – affect and loyalty (communal), and male – contribution and professional respect (agentic). Social role theory was applied to explain societies influence on leadership style. The moderating influence of supervisor gender on the relationship of LMX facets and subordinate embeddedness is investigated. Design/methodology/approach This cross-sectional survey study of 213 self-selected employed participants investigated the mediation of job embeddedness LMX and job embeddedness and the moderation impact of supervisor gender on this mediation. Findings Job embeddedness mediated the relationship between all four facets of LMX and job satisfaction. Supervisor gender did not moderate the relationships of the four LMX facets and job embeddedness. These findings highlight the potential impact of a homogeniuos sample in relation to industry type and culture as this may impact on the findings. That is, participants in this study were predominantly females working in female dominant industries. Originality/value This study builds on the work of Collins et al. (2014) who examined the moderating impact of subordinate gender on the mediating relationship of job embeddedness on the relationship between LMX facets and job satisfaction. Previously, the gender role of supervisors on this relationship was not explored.

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Hypermobility and sports injury

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine ◽

10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000366 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. e000366 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Joseph Alexander Nathan ◽

Kevin Davies ◽

Ian Swaine

Keyword(s):

Statistical Analysis ◽

Sports Injury ◽

The Other ◽

Anecdotal Evidence ◽

Demographic Information ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Exact Test ◽

Joint Dislocation ◽

Ligament Sprain

ObjectiveTo determine whether there is an association between hypermobility and sports injury.MethodsA quantitative observational approach using a cross-sectional survey was adopted. Individuals were identified as hypermobile or not. All participants were asked to complete two questionnaires: one asking demographic information and the other injury-specific. Fisher’s exact test was used for statistical analysis.Results114 individuals participated in the study, 62 women and 52 men. 26% of the participants were hypermobile. There was no significant association between hypermobility and sports injury (p=0.66). There was a significant increase in joint and ligament sprain among the non-hypermobile (NH) group covering all sports (p=0.03). Joint dislocation was found exclusively among hypermobile individuals. The duration of injury in hypermobile individuals was higher than NH. The use of oral painkillers or anti-inflammatories in the semiprofessional group was greater than the general population.ConclusionHypermobility is relatively common among individuals, and there is a lot of anecdotal evidence associating it with increased rates of injuries. This project finds that NH individuals are more likely to sustain a ligament or joint sprain in sports. This is due to increased joint laxity and flexibility preventing injury. There were important limitations to this study which will be addressed in further work. These include assessing for pauciarticular hypermobility and focusing on one sport to investigate its association with sports injury in those who are hypermobile or not. It would also be important to focus on one specific joint, assessing its flexibility and association with injury.

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Diversity issues in Nigeria’s healthcare sector: implications on organizational commitment. A cross-sectional study

F1000Research ◽

10.12688/f1000research.19350.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

pp. 852 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ayodotun Stephen Ibidunni ◽

Tomike Olawande ◽

Maxwell Olokundun ◽

Charles Iruonagbe ◽

Iyanu Adelekan

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Statistical Analysis ◽

Organizational Commitment ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Affective Commitment ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Healthcare Sector ◽

Public Healthcare ◽

Healthcare Organizations ◽

Cross Sectional

Background: Workplace diversity is increasingly gaining the attention of healthcare organizations, especially in developing countries like Nigeria. However, little is understood from existing literature about how workforce diversity affects employees’ satisfaction and organisational commitment in the workplace. Consequently, this paper showed the direct and mediating relationships between diversity of workforce, job satisfaction and employee commitment to the organization. Methods: Copies of the structured questionnaire have been given to 133 public healthcare employees in Nigeria’s Ministry of Health in Lagos state. Statistical analysis for the study included descriptive measures and multi-variate analysis, using structural equation modelling. Results: Outcomes from statistical analysis supports direct and mediating relationships between the research variables. Gender and ethical diversity had significant influences on job satisfaction at r = 0.35 (p < 0.05) and r = 0.28 (p < 0.05) respectively. The following mediating relationships were also statistically confirmed: job satisfaction related with affective commitment (r = 0.41, p < 0.05) and normative commitment (r = 0.26, p < 0.05). Conclusions: Based on the results of the statistical analysis, the study concludes that there is a relationship between diversity of employees and job satisfaction, diversity of employees and organizational commitment and the influence of work satisfaction on organizational commitment.

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Hubungan Karakteristik dan Pengetahuan Ibu Hamil dengan Perilaku Hygiene Tentang Keputihan (Flour Albus) di Puskesmas Kalumpang Kota Ternate Tahun 2013

Jurnal Kesehatan Poltekkes Ternate ◽

10.32763/juke.v7i1.72 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Nuzliati T Djama ◽

Amira BSA

Keyword(s):

Statistical Analysis ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Vaginal Discharge ◽

Health Workers ◽

Vaginal Secretion ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Correlational Design ◽

Hygiene Behavior ◽

Abstract Knowledge

Abstract : Knowledge relations of pregnant women with the hygiene behavior about flour albus in Puskesmas Kalumpang Ternate Oktober 2013 Whiteness or Flour Albus is an abnormal vaginal secretion in women. Many women are not aware that they regard whitish vaginal discharge as common and trivial. Survey of health workers at the Puskesmas Kalumpang Ternate Incidence of Flour Albus / Whitish in pregnant women and pregnant women about the knowledge of flour albus / whiteness, from 100% of pregnant women around 55% of women do not know flour albus / discharge is physiological and pathological. The purpose of this study is to reveal Knowledge relations of pregnant women with the hygiene behavior about flour albus in Puskesmas Kalumpang Ternate Oktober 2013. The study design was descriptive correlational, design is cross sectional survey, with 30 samples of working mothers. The statistical analysis use in this study was bivariate.The results Relations knowledge of pregnant women with the hygiene behavior about flour albus in Puskesmas Kalumpang Ternate Oktober 2013, Based on the results showed a significant association (p = 0.036 ). Based on the Knowledge relations of pregnant women with the hygiene behavior about flour albus in Puskesmas Kalumpang Ternate Oktober 2013, can be considered in an effort to increase knowledge and awareness of the importance of maintaining the cleanliness of the area of sex organs.

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Association of Night Shift Work With Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria and Effect Modification by Circadian Dysfunction Among Workers

Frontiers in Public Health ◽

10.3389/fpubh.2021.751579 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Yuzhou Huang ◽

Danrong Jing ◽

Juan Su ◽

Zhijun Huang ◽

Han Liu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factor ◽

Shift Work ◽

Night Shift ◽

Effect Modification ◽

Working Environment ◽

Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Night Shift Work ◽

Circadian Dysfunction

Purpose: Night shift work is common in the current working environment and is a risk factor for many diseases. The study aimed to explore the relationship between night shift work with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), and the modification effect of circadian dysfunction on it.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among Chinese workers. Exposure was measured by night work history and duration. Circadian dysfunction was characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). The diagnosis of CSU was made by dermatologists who were investigating on the spot. The effect size was expressed as odds ratios (ORs).Results: A total of 8,057 participants were recruited, and 7,411 (92%) with complete information were included in the final analyses. The prevalence rates of CSU for workers without night shift and those with night shift history were 0.73 and 1.28%, respectively. Compared with workers who never worked night shifts, the risk of CSU increased with the length of night shift work: OR = 1.55 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.78–3.06) for duration <5 years and OR = 1.91 (95% CI: 1.12–3.26) for duration ≥5 years. EDS s EDS has been shown to modify this combination. Among workers without EDS, there was no association between night shift and CSU (OR = 0.94; 95% CI: 0.49–1.79). Whereas, in participants with EDS, the correlation was significant (OR = 3.58; 95% CI: 1.14–11.20). However, the effect modification by sleep disturbance was not observed.Conclusions: Night shift work is a risk factor for CSU, and there is a dose-response relationship between night shift work hours and the risk of CSU. This connection may be modified by circadian dysfunction.

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