The correlation between structural empowerment and job satisfaction of undergraduate nursing faculty

Abstract

Objective To investigate the status of undergraduate nursing faculty's structural empowerment and job satisfaction and to analyze the correlation between them. Methods Totally 246 nursing teachers were investigated with Conditions for Work Effectiveness Questionnaire II and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. The correlation between structural empowerment and job satisfaction were analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis. Results Undergraduate nursing faculty's total score was (3.04±0.57) points, and score of job satisfaction was (2.93±0.59) points, both of which were at moderate level. Structural empowerment was positively correlated with job satisfaction (r=0.450-0.714,P<0.01), the higher structural empowerment level, the higher job satisfaction. Conclusions Undergraduate nursing managers can improve nursing teachers' job satisfaction by strengthening the empowerment to nursing teachers, in order to enhance the teaching quality. Key words: Faculty, Nursing; Structural empowerment; Job satisfaction