Abstract
This research aims to investigate the job satisfaction of the doctors with psychological meaningfulness and work engagement as antecedent variables, in Java, Indonesia. The sampling technique used in this research was convenience sampling method and snowball sampling method. To analyze the data, this research used the SEM program, assisted with AMOS 23. The results of this study indicate that psychological meaningfulness effect on work engagement. However, no effect on job satisfaction. While the work engagement has an effect on job satisfaction. The work engagement is significant as intervening variable in the influence of psychological meaningfulness toward job satisfaction. These results support the work situation of doctors in Indonesia who have high workloads but can still feel job satisfaction. High work engagement will make the doctors feel enthusiasm and dedication even though the workload is high with abnormal work hours. These results support the work situation of doctors in Indonesia who have high workloads but can still feel job satisfaction.
Highlights
Baharuddin et al (2017) writes the “Regulatory Ethics Review of Doctor Working Hours in Indonesia” it causes of the excessive workload of physicians that result in longer doctor work hours
From the primary data that have been obtained by giving questionnaires to 150 doctors spread in Java Island, performed some tests, such as validity test, reliability test, normality test, goodness of fit test, and structural model test
For goodness of fit test this research model can be said good fit, because 12 of 15 criteria model obtained the following results: psychological meaningfulness has a significant effect on work engagement enter in good fit category or marginal fit
Summary
Baharuddin et al (2017) writes the “Regulatory Ethics Review of Doctor Working Hours in Indonesia” it causes of the excessive workload of physicians that result in longer doctor work hours. One of the policies that can be made for doctors is the doctors’ working hours, because the issues raised about the number of hours of doctor work is excessive. Doctors usually practice in three places at once owned by the government, private or private practice in accordance with the Minister of Health RI regulation number 512/MENKES/ PER.IV.2007 about Practice License and Implementation of Medical Practice. If doctors work too long work and the performance of doctors will be reduced, and will give a side effects, such as the level of error in taking of medical action, as a higher misdiagnosis of patients to the risk of accidents on the way back home after work
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