Abstract
The study was designed primarily to compare the work outcomes of job satisfaction and job involvement of South African nurses with those of members of 13 other professional groups in South Africa and with American nurses where data was available. Secondary aims included identifying areas where job satisfaction was particularly low and demonstrating the relative independence of the job involvement and job satisfaction constructs. A questionnaire incorporating the Kanungo Job Involvement Scale and the Short Form of the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire was mailed to random samples of people between the ages of 29 and 41 drawn from 14 professional registers. There were 114 nurses in the final sample and 1677 members of other professions. Differences among professions were tested for significance using one-way analyses of variance and Bonferroni ranges tests. South African Nurses were shown to have extremely low job satisfaction relative to American nurses and to other professional groups in South-Africa. By contrast their job involvement was moderately high. The implications of these findings for the medical profession as a whole and for nurses in particular are discussed. The fear is expressed that wide spread dissatisfaction may lead to fewer people entering the profession and highly trained people leaving.
Highlights
’n Studie word beskrywe waarin die vlakkevan werksbetrokkenheid en werksbevrediging van Suid-Afrikaanse verpleegsiers met dié van verpleegsters in die V.S.A. en Suid-Afri kaanse lede van 13 anderprofessies vergelyk word
A questionnaire incorporating the Kanungo Job Involvement Scale and the Short Form o f the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire was mailed to random samples o fpeople be tween the ages o f 29 and 41 drawn from 14 professional registers
The results indicated that job involvement and job satisfaction were factorially distinct
Summary
’n Studie word beskrywe waarin die vlakkevan werksbetrokkenheid en werksbevrediging van Suid-Afrikaanse verpleegsiers met dié van verpleegsters in die V.S.A. en Suid-Afri kaanse lede van 13 anderprofessies vergelyk word. Werksbetrokkenheid en werksbevre diging word gesien as aanduiding van kwaliteit van lewe, voorspellers van arbeidsomset en moontlik langlewendheid en dus as belangrike konstrukte in die werkslewe van mense. Gestandaardiseerde instrumenle, waarvan die psigometriese eienskappe ook verder ondersoek is, is in die studie gebruik. Die resultatedui daarop dat SuidAfrikaanse verpleegsters se werksbetrokkenheid relatief hoog is. Die implikasies van hierdie bevindinge vir die mediese professie en veral vir verpleegsters word bespreek. The study was designed primarily to compare the work outcomes ofjob satisfaction andjob involvement o f South African nurses with those o f members o f 13 otherprofessional groups in South Africa and with American nurses where data was available. A questionnaire incorporating the Kanungo Job Involvement Scale and the Short Form o f the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire was mailed to random samples o fpeople be tween the ages o f 29 and 41 drawn from 14 professional registers
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