Quality of work among part‐time nurses and its relationship to job satisfaction and work values: A cross‐sectional study

Marie Komagata, Yukie Takemura, Naoko Ichikawa, Kimie Takehara and Keiko Kunie

Nursing & Health Sciences, 2020, vol. 22, issue 4, 1010-1021

Abstract: This study compared the quality of work between part‐time and full‐time nurses and investigated the relationship between quality of work and satisfaction with the work itself among part‐time nurses. Quality of work was measured by specific work content and job characteristics. It was hypothesized that work content would affect satisfaction mediated by job characteristics. Furthermore, the moderating effects of intrinsic work values on the relationship between job characteristics and satisfaction were examined. A cross‐sectional survey was conducted with 444 part‐time and 795 full‐time nurses working in Japanese hospital wards in 2017. The Mann–Whitney U test, χ2 test, and hierarchical multiple regressions were used. Work content differed between part‐time and full‐time nurses; however, job characteristics and satisfaction showed little difference. Work content was not associated with satisfaction mediated by job characteristics. Within the job characteristics, autonomy and feedback had positive effects on the satisfaction of part‐time nurses, whereas interaction with work values was insignificant. When assigning work, it is important to allow part‐time nurses to experience higher levels of autonomy and feedback regardless of their intrinsic work values.

Date: 2020
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