A Comparative Study on Job Satisfaction between Registered Nurses and Other Qualified Healthcare Professionals

Abstract

<p><em>Introduction </em>The concept of overall job satisfaction has recently received a lot of attention in the healthcare human resource management, particularly in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia faces the biggest challenges in providing qualified healthcare workers and also local health care professionals, such as physicians, nurses and pharmacists. Job satisfaction/dissatisfaction in terms of salary package, personal growth and professional support may have resulted in high healthcare workers turnover rate within the healthcare system in Saudi Arabia.</p><p><em>Method </em>For this study, a total of 400 self-administered questionnaires were conveniently distributed among the RNs and QHPs in both public and private hospitals in Jeddah, one of the major cities of Saudi Arabia.</p><p><em>Analysis</em> Quantitative analysis was carried out on the data, which related to 400 healthcare professionals. This study used a-two way<em> </em>multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) to test the differences by using SPSS version 16.</p><p><em>Results</em> Results suggested that QHPs were more contented and satisfied with their salary package as compared to RNs. However, both professions were dissatisfied with the personal growth, and professional support they received from their employers. Some implications of the findings for managers/administrators to practice are discussed.</p><em>Conclusion </em>This study sheds some lights on the issues pertaining to the overall job satisfaction among the healthcare professionals in Saudi Arabia.