Job Satisfaction Of Graduates Research Articles

Job satisfaction of graduates of rural oriented medical students training project in Jiangsu Province, China: a cross-sectional study

BackgroundThe Chinese government has worked out the “Rural Oriented Medical Students Training Project” to address physician maldistribution, which attempted to train physicians for rural areas. The present study attempted to evaluate the job satisfaction of the graduates of this project in Jiangsu Province, China.MethodsOnline questionnaires were sent to the graduates of the “Rural Oriented Medical Students Training Project” (group A) and their colleagues, who were rural physicians recruited from different sources (group B). The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Xuzhou Medical University, and the approval number was 2,018,057. Information on demographic characteristics, work conditions, and self-reported satisfaction was collected to compare the satisfaction differences between the two recruited rural physicians using the Chi-square test and Mann–Whitney U test. Additionally, factors correlated to the satisfaction of group A were assessed using multivariate linear regression. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 23.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.ResultsGroup A exhibited moderate satisfaction (2.81 ± 0.687). The satisfaction score from the highest to the lowest was for occupational ecology, life satisfaction, stress, competency, and internal environment. Positive factors related to the satisfaction of group A were area, monthly income, working hours per week, professional title, and post.ConclusionThe satisfaction of the graduates of the “Rural Oriented Medical Students Training Project” was moderate. Factors related to satisfaction included economic incentives, workload, and professional confidence. Possible solutions for increasing satisfaction should consist of economic support and possible ways to improve the professional identification of these graduates.

Qualitative Analysis for Major in Speech Therapy and Auditory Rehabilitation and Working Experience in Clinical Field

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between graduated students with major in speech therapy and auditory rehabilitation and their working experience in the clinical field by using a qualitative research method. After conducting in-depth interviews with seven graduates who majored in speech therapy and hearing rehabilitation, content analysis was performed. As a result of open coding the interview data, 2 dimensions, 8 core categories, 13 subcategories, and 69 concepts were derived. The 2 dimensions were divided into personal and social dimensions. Employment considerations, overall work, the relationship between majors and work, and the skills needed to perform work were discussed. This study explained the current status of work and job satisfaction of graduates from the department of speech therapy and audiology rehabilitation, a considerable relation between majors and jobs, and future development directions.

Study on the job satisfaction of graduates and received training in the university

The aim of this article is to present the results of a research where constract the assessment made by graduates of the training at the University with required professional competences in the labor market. So the data presented out of the view of the main users of university services, specifically, we have counted with population of 982 universities students. In this sense, to verify the information we have considered interesting to classify thirty-two competences in different categories. The information analyzed in this study has been primarily from questionnaires filled out by the graduate students.

JOB SATISFACTION AS AN OUTCOME MEASURE OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Agricultural communications is an academic program area that has evolved from its early beginnings in print-based agricultural journalism. Due to the changing nature of technology and the need to communicate to diverse, increasingly urbanized audiences, agricultural communications has evolved to include public relations, marketing, broadcasting and Web-based communications, consequently impacting the role and responsibilities of many professional agricultural communicators. Although most of the research that has been conducted on agricultural communicators has focused on their perceptions as to how to improve educational programs and curricula, few studies have looked at the job satisfaction of graduates once they leave the programs that prepared them for their subsequent careers. A descriptive survey of a population of recent graduates of the University of Florida’s agricultural communications program was conducted to assess how satisfied respondents were with their jobs, as well as explore the relationships between facets of job satisfaction and graduates’ perceptions as to the effectiveness of their educational preparation. Results of the study indicated that the majority of respondents were generally satisfied with their positions. Respondents’ perceptions of their opportunities for promotion, their co-workers and the work itself were also positively correlated with their evaluations of the effectiveness of the university’s educational preparation.