Determinants of Hospital Pharmacists' Job Satisfaction in Romanian Hospitals.

Magdalena Iorga,Ioan Antofie,Corina Dondaș,Camelia Soponaru

doi:10.3390/pharmacy5040066

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of this study is to identify the level of job satisfaction among hospital pharmacists in Romania in relation to environmental, socio-demographic, and individual factors. Material and Methods: Seventy-eight hospital pharmacists were included in the research. The Job Satisfaction Scale was used to measure the level of satisfaction with their current jobs, and the TAS-20 was used to evaluate emotional experience and awareness. Additionally, 12 items were formulated in order to identify the reasons for dissatisfaction with jobs, such as budget, number of working hours, legislation, relationships with colleagues, hospital departments, or stakeholders. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 23. Results: The analyses of the data revealed a low level of satisfaction regarding the pay–promotion subscale, a high level of satisfaction with the management–interpersonal relationship dimension, and a high level of satisfaction regarding the organization–communication subscale. Seventy-four percent of subjects are dissatisfied about the annual budget, and 86.3% are not at all satisfied with present legislation. Conclusions: These results are important for hospital pharmacists and hospital management in order to focus on health policies, management, and environmental issues, with the purpose of increasing the level of satisfaction among hospital pharmacists.

Highlights

Job satisfaction is an important factor for increasing a person’s involvement in the workplace, and for motivation [1]
The goal of this study is to evaluate the level of job satisfaction among hospital pharmacists in Romania, and to identify the influence of socio-demographic, environmental, or personality constructs, such as alexithymia on work satisfaction
The present research was part of a broader study that was approved by the National Association of Hospital Pharmacists in Romania (ANFSR)

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Introduction

Job satisfaction is an important factor for increasing a person’s involvement in the workplace, and for motivation [1]. It represents a combination of positive or negative feelings that workers have towards their work, and the perceived relationships between a person’s expectations and the actual results. The interest in studying job satisfaction has a two-fold purpose: Identifying the various factors that may increase the pharmacists’ workplace satisfaction, and, implicitly, patients’ satisfaction, as well as improving the quality of the services provided [6,7,8,9]. Residency haswithin been organized since 2004, as was highlighted in the promotionexam occurs the pharmacy, pharmacy, and the the chances of getting getting promotion areTherefore, minimal.

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