Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Work satisfaction of professional nurses in South Africa: a comparative analysis of the public and private sectors Rubin Pillay | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Open Access Work satisfaction of professional nurses in South Africa a comparative analysis of the public and private sectors Rubin Pillay Address School of Business and Finance University of Western Cape Bellville Cape Town South Africa Email Rubin Pillay - rpillay@ Published 20 February 2009 Received 25 February 2008 Human Resources for Health 2009 7 15 doi 1478-4491-7-15 Accepted 20 February 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 15 2009 Pillay licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Work satisfaction of nurses is important as there is sufficient empirical evidence to show that it tends to affect individual organizational and greater health and social outcomes. Although there have been several studies of job satisfaction among nurses in South Africa these are limited because they relate to studies of individual organizations or regions use small samples or are dated. This paper presents a national study that compares and contrasts satisfaction levels of nurses in both public and private sectors. Methods This was a cross-sectional survey of professional nurses conducted throughout South Africa using a pretested and self-administered questionnaire. Univariate and bivariate statistical models were used to evaluate levels of satisfaction with various facets of work and to elicit the differences in satisfaction levels between different groups of nurses. A total of 569 professional nurses participated in the study. Results Private-sector nurses were generally satisfied while public-sector nurses were generally dissatisfied. Public-sector nurses were most dissatisfied with their pay the workload .
