Laguna State Polytechnic University

Sta. Cruz Campus

7th IN-HOUSE REVIEW OF FINISHED STUDENT RESEARCH STUDIES

Jessa Urriza
HRM Hall March 7, 2011

Level of Job Satisfaction of Nurses at United Candelaria Doctors Hospital: Its Implication to the Nurses Desire to Work Abroad
JESSA URRIZA College of Nursing

College of Nursing

INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

DEPENDENT VARIABLE

Demographic profile  Age  Gender  Marital status  Length of service/tenure  Educational attainment?
Frame 1

Nurses Desire to Work Abroad

Frame 3

MODERATING VARIABLE

Jessa Urriza

Work related Factors (Job Satisfaction)  Salary  Daily routine/ workload - Work environment  Collegial relationships/attitudes of coworkers -Treatment/ leadership of superiors Benefits/ motivation system Work schedule Job safety/ security Recognition Personal fulfillment Promotion/ growth opportunities Working relationships with physicians
Frame 2

Conceptual Paradigm

Statement of the Problem Generally, this study examined the nursing career at United Candelaria Doctors Hospital in the context of job satisfaction. It sought to identify how satisfied nurses are in their current job and how it is related to the desire of most nurses to work abroad. Specifically, it aims to answer the following questions:

1. What is the demographic profile of the nurses in terms of: 1.1 Age 1.2 Gender 1.3 Marital status 1.4 Length of service/tenure 1.5 Educational attainment?

2. What is the level of job satisfaction of nurses at United Candelaria Doctors Hospital in terms of: 2.1 Salary 2.2 Daily routine/workload 2.3 Work environment 2.4 Collegial relationships/attitudes of coworkers 2.5 Treatment/ leadership of superiors 2.6 Benefits/ motivation system

2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12

Work schedule Job safety/ security Recognition Personal fulfillment Promotion/ growth opportunities Working relationships with physicians

3. Is there a significant effect of demographic profile on nurses desire to work abroad as moderated by jobrelated factors?

4. Is there a significant implication of the level of job satisfaction of nurses in COLLEGE OF United Candelaria Doctors NURSING Hospital to their desire to work abroad?

HYPOTHESES:
H1: The levels of satisfaction vary among the different determinants used in the study. H2: The demographic profile has a significant indirect effect on the desire to work abroad. H3: And the job satisfaction rate of nurses has a significant implication to their desire to work abroad.

POPULATION & SAMPLING

United Candelaria Doctors Hospital has a total of forty (40) nurses. Universal sampling was used because the study comprised one hundred percent (100%) of the total population. Sample population was chosen because they were appropriate for the purpose of assessing job satisfaction
Laguna State Polytechnic University
Sta. Cruz Campus

and desire to work abroad and they may have different experiences regarding the variables that will be use to measure satisfaction. The researcher also considered the different attributes of the staff nurses that may affect their level of job satisfaction.

College of Nursing Jessa Urriza

STATISTICAL TOOL

Frequencies and Percentages were used to determine the demographic profile of the respondents and assess their desire to work abroad.

STATISTICAL TOOL

Mean and Standard Deviation were used to determine the level of job satisfaction of the nurses at United Candelaria Doctors Hospital

STATISTICAL TOOL

The t-test for correlated mean was used to find out the significant effect of demographic profile and implication of job satisfaction on the desire to work abroad.

Problem 1

What is the demographic profile of the nurses in terms of: - Age - Gender - Marital status - Length of service/tenure - Educational attainment?

FINDINGS Majority of the respondents belong to ages 20-24 with a percentage of 72.5%, there are more females which comprised 65% of the respondents, 30 or 75% are single, 20 or half of the nurses have been working for just less than a year, and 97.5% of the respondents do not have a master s degree.

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Sta. Cruz Campus

College of Nursing Jessa Urriza

There were only Most of the nurses few wellin United experienced nurses Candelaria in the hospital Doctors Hospital since most of them are within the age were in the service group of 20-24. for only less than a There are more year and majority females and most have no masters of them are single. degree.

CONCLUSION

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Sta. Cruz Campus

College of Nursing Jessa Urriza

FINDINGS
Problem 2.

What is the level of job satisfaction of nurses at United Candelaria Doctors Hospital in terms of:

- Salary - Daily routine/ workload - Work environment - Collegial relationships/ attitudes of co-workers - Treatment/ leadership of superiors

The different dimensions of job satisfaction were rated by the respondents as follows: salary, 2.90(SD=0.59); daily routine/ workload, 3.48(SD=0.12); work environment 3.56(SD=0.07); colleagial relationship/ attitudes of coworkers, 4.27(SD=0.12); treatment/leadership of superiors, 3.73(SD=0.17
College of Nursing Jessa Urriza

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Sta. Cruz Campus

FINDINGS
Problem 2.

What is the level of job satisfaction of nurses at United Candelaria Doctors Hospital in terms of: - Benefits/ motivation system - Work schedule - Job safety/ security - Recognition - Personal fulfillment - Promotion/ growth opportunities -Working relationships with physicians?

Benefits/motivation system, 2.51(SD=0.08); work schedule, 3.82(SD=0.03); job safety/security, 3.54(SD=0.37); recognition, 3.76(SD=0.13); personal fulfillment, 3.91(SD=0.25); promotion/growth opportunities, 3.4(SD=0.45); and working relationship with physicians, 4.06(SD=0.06). Overall, the average mean of 3.58 and the standard deviation of 0.48 revealed that the respondents are satisfied with their job.
College of Nursing Jessa Urriza

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Sta. Cruz Campus

CONCLUSION

Nurses in United Candelaria Doctors Hospital have the highest satisfaction rate in terms of their collegial relationship,

working relationship with physicians, personal fulfillment and work schedule

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Sta. Cruz Campus

College of Nursing Jessa Urriza

While they have the lowest satisfaction rate in terms of benefits/motivation system, salary, promotion/growth opportunities and daily routine/ workload. But overall they are satisfied with their job.

This result supports the hypothesis 2.

H1. Levels of satisfaction vary among the different determinants

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Sta. Cruz Campus

College of Nursing Jessa Urriza

Problem 3.

FINDINGS

Is there a significant effect of demographic profile on nurses desire to work abroad as moderated by work-related factors?

Job satisfaction was found to have a varying level when plotted against the different subgroups based on the demographic data. The computed T-values of 3.42, 2.17, 4.15, 3.33, and 3.89 indicate the significance of demographic profile to the level of job satisfaction.
College of Nursing Jessa Urriza

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Sta. Cruz Campus

CONCLUSION

The different demographic subgroups have different level of satisfaction. The most dissatisfied subgroups are the age group of 2024, male group,

single nurses, nurses who are working for 6-10 years, and those who dont have a masters degree.

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Sta. Cruz Campus

College of Nursing Jessa Urriza

While the most satisfied are the 40above age group, female group, single parent, nurses who have been in service for more than 20 years and nurses with Masters Degree.

This result supports the hypothesis 1.

H2. The demographic profile has a significant indirect effect on the desire to work abroad.

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Sta. Cruz Campus

College of Nursing Jessa Urriza

FINDINGS
Problem 4

Is there a significant implication of the level of job satisfaction of nurses in United Candelaria Doctors Hospital to their desire to work abroad?

The result revealed that 95% of the nurses have desire to work abroad. The computed T-value of 4.27 and P-value of 0.000126 indicate that there is a significant implication of the level of job satisfaction of nurses in United Candelaria Doctors Hospital to their desire to work abroad.

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Sta. Cruz Campus

College of Nursing Jessa Urriza

CONCLUSION

The varying satisfaction rates found in the different job determinants influence the desire of nurses to work abroad.

The hypothesis 3 is accepted in the statement that the job satisfaction rate of nurses has a significant implication to their desire to work abroad.

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Sta. Cruz Campus

College of Nursing Jessa Urriza

CONCLUSION

The study concludes that the low job satisfaction rate of nurses in terms of benefits, salary, promotion/ growth opportunities and

daily routine/workload continuously feed their desire to look for better working conditions abroad.

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Sta. Cruz Campus

College of Nursing Jessa Urriza

RECOMMENDATION

1. The management should review and if possible modify their human resource policies and programs particularly on the compensation packages.
Laguna State Polytechnic University
Sta. Cruz Campus

that can motivate nurses toward superior performance and retain their services over an extended period of time
143

College of Nursing Jessa Urriza

RECOMMENDATION

2. Budget allocations for nurses that are directed towards the increase of salary and other monetary benefit increases.

3. Nurses should verbalize their concern in the diplomatic way that aims to improve their working conditions
143

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Sta. Cruz Campus

College of Nursing Jessa Urriza

RECOMMENDATION

4. The institution should provide more career advancement programs such as career relevant trainings/seminar, scholarships and job promotions,
Laguna State Polytechnic University
Sta. Cruz Campus

as well as constant reorientation of the companys policies and best practices to inculcate positive culture among the nurses

143

College of Nursing Jessa Urriza

RECOMMENDATION

5. The management should find a way to increase the overall level of job satisfaction of nurses from satisfied to very satisfied towards high level of performance and retention.
Laguna State Polytechnic University
Sta. Cruz Campus

6. The institution is advised to conduct its own annual survey regarding satisfaction status of their employee so that job dissatisfaction would not go unresolved for long.
143

College of Nursing Jessa Urriza

8. A further study should be conducted to 7. A similar study may assess and compare be conducted on a the nurses job public hospital using satisfaction and desire the same variables/ to work abroad not parameters so that only on the hospital comparison between setting but also on the nurses in private and other fields of nursing public hospital can such as those working be provided. as nurse educators and community health nurse 143 RECOMMENDATION
Laguna State Polytechnic University
Sta. Cruz Campus

College of Nursing Jessa Urriza