A Systematic Review of Associations and Predictors for Job Satisfaction and Work Engagement in Prehospital Emergency Medical Services—Challenges for the Future

Beatrice Thielmann (), Robin Schwarze and Irina Böckelmann
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Beatrice Thielmann: Institute of Occupational Medicine, Medical Faculty, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Leipziger Straße 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
Robin Schwarze: Institute of Occupational Medicine, Medical Faculty, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Leipziger Straße 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
Irina Böckelmann: Institute of Occupational Medicine, Medical Faculty, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Leipziger Straße 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 5, 1-16

Abstract: Ambulance services are changing, and the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has been a major challenge in the past three years. Job satisfaction and work engagement are important characteristics for a healthy organization and success in one’s profession. The purpose of the current systematic review was to evaluate the predictors of job satisfaction and work engagement in prehospital emergency medical service personnel. Electronic databases, such as PubMed, Ovid Medline, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Web of Science, PsycINFO, PSYNDEX, and Embase, were utilized in this review. Predictors (ß coefficient, odds ratio, rho) of higher job satisfaction and work engagement were examined. Only prehospital emergency medical service personnel were considered. The review included 10 studies worldwide with 8358 prehospital emergency medical service personnel (24.9% female). The main predictor for job satisfaction was supervisors’ support. Other predictors were younger or middle age and work experience. Emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, as burnout dimensions, were negative predictors for higher job satisfaction or work engagement. Quality demands for health care systems are a significant challenge for future emergency medical services. The psychological and physical strengthening of employees is necessary and includes constant supervision of managers or facilitators.

Keywords: paramedic; ambulance service; workload; stress; job performance; strengthening the future (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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