Collective Bargaining Agreement and Job Satisfaction of Nurses: A Survey of Government Health Institutions in Kilifi North and Malindi Sub-Counties, Kilifi County-Kenya

Abstract

One of the factors influencing the performance of high-performing businesses in the cutthroat business climate is job unhappiness. The significance of the health institution to the study is that nurses and doctors have frequently complained about and been in conflict with one another at these health institutions. Job satisfaction has been a topic of concern by many researchers in the fields of psychology, sociology as well as organizational behavior. Such aims at wellbeing of the individual employee both mentally and physically. The main purpose of this research is to examine the effects of collective bargaining agreements on nurses’ Job satisfaction in county government health institutions in Kilifi County. The selected area of focus under this study was health institutions based in Kilifi North and Malindi Sub County. The study’s objectives are: to determine the effects of institutional leadership styles and the effects of working environment on job satisfaction of nurses at Kilifi county government’s health institutions respectively. The researcher used self–administered questionnaires to collect data. The researcher employed descriptive research design. The target population was860nurses working in public and private health institutions in Kilifi North and Malindi Sub County. Purposive sampling technique was used by the researcher and 138 nurses will be used as the sample size.. From regression, when leadership styles increases by one unit, job satisfaction increases by 0.164. Work environment enhanced collective bargaining agreement to a great extent by government health institutions.From regression, when work environment increases by one unit, job satisfaction increases by 0.412. The relationship is positive. The study concluded that, leadership styles and work environment affected job satisfaction significantly. The factors explored by this study contribute to the job satisfaction of nurses by government health institutions in Kilifi North and Malindi Sub-Counties, Kilifi County-Kenya. Keywords: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Leadership Styles, Work Environment, Job Satisfaction DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/14-14-07 Publication date: July 31 st 2022