Abstract
The situation of career identity and job satisfaction among young hospital pharmacists in Guangdong, China was investigated. A mail-based questionnaire was sent to young hospital pharmacists in Guangdong, China. The questionnaire was designed to obtain information regarding demographic characteristics, career identity and job satisfaction. Pharmacists who were under 35 years old were defined as young pharmacists. Data were analyzed using SAS software. Of the 625 questionnaires mailed, 619 questionnaires, returned from 14 hospitals in Guangdong, were completed and suitable for analysis. Regarding career identity, only about 22% of young pharmacists thought pharmacists have high social status. Less than half of respondents felt pride when they were introduced as pharmacist in social activity. Only about 28% of respondents expected to obtain professional achievement. Only about 11% of respondents would not change profession had they got more work pay from other jobs. Regarding job satisfaction, about 90% of respondents were satisfied with their working environment, utilization of skills and promotion. About 76% of young hospital pharmacists were satisfied with their work pay. The authors concluded that, although the young hospital pharmacists in Guangdong province, China were satisfied with their current job on the whole, they showed low career identity. Key words: Career, hospital pharmacists, job satisfaction, China.
Highlights
Career identity and job satisfaction are the two important factors affecting the subjective initiative of practitioners
An investigation conducted by Wei (2002) in China a few years ago, showed that hospital pharmacist, as a professional group, had been neglected for a long time, the professional role of hospital pharmacist was
Career identity and job satisfaction among pharmacist in hospital pharmacy had been concerned for a long time
Summary
Career identity and job satisfaction are the two important factors affecting the subjective initiative of practitioners. Practitioners with high career identity and job satisfaction usually do their jobs better and make more achievement. An investigation conducted by Wei (2002) in China a few years ago, showed that hospital pharmacist, as a professional group, had been neglected for a long time, the professional role of hospital pharmacist was often undervalued both by physician and by patients. In most hospitals in China, physicians usually graduated from medical college with at least bachelor’s degree in medicine while pharmacists typically graduated from middle vocational school. Even in present-day, in some basic hospitals in China, pharmacist usually has a more common title ‘pharmacy worker’ (Wei, 2002)
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