Analyzing the Determinants of Job Satisfaction among Jordanian Hospital Employees Using The Warr-Cook-Wall Scale

Adriana Anamaria Davidescu, Marji Tania Issa Eid and Sacala Cristina ()
Additional contact information
Adriana Anamaria Davidescu: Bucharest University of Economics Studies
Marji Tania Issa Eid: Bucharest University of Economics Studies

Romanian Statistical Review, 2016, vol. 64, issue 3, 81-94

Abstract: The paper aims to identify the main determinants of job satisfaction in Jordanian hospitals using a sample of 325 employees from six hospitals at the level of the year 2015. In order to do that, we used Warr-Cook-Wall scale to assess job satisfaction based on four dimensions: extrinsic job satisfaction, and intrinsic job satisfaction, working conditions satisfaction, employee relations satisfaction applying the multivariate regression analysis to highlight the predictors of job satisfaction. The empirical results revealed that the main determinants of job satisfaction among Jordanian employees are related to the intrinsic job satisfaction and employee relations satisfaction and the wage have a relatively small impact on this. The findings revealed that the financial incentives have their significance but they are not fundamental, the non-financial incentives being really important in enhancing motivation among health employees. So, in order to improve the overall degree of retention, the managers need to reinforce the importance of non-financial factors like the freedom to choose the working methods, the recognition for a good work, the responsibility, the chance for promotion, the opportunity to use the abilities, the attention paid to the suggestions and the level of variety in the job.

Keywords: job satisfaction; hospitals; health workers; Warr-Cook-Wall scale; Jordan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 C38 C83 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.revistadestatistica.ro/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/RRS3_2016_A5.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:rsr:journl:v:64:y:2016:i:3:p:81-94

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Romanian Statistical Review from Romanian Statistical Review Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Adrian Visoiu ().