Association between occupational stress and job satisfaction among nurses in University Putra Malaysia

Husein Salim, Hayah Bajrai and Abd Malik, Muhamad Hafizol and Kantharow, Raveenadevi (2020) Association between occupational stress and job satisfaction among nurses in University Putra Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Background: In general, nursing is regarded as a challenging occupation. In addition to increased demand and development, the nursing profession has also elevated stress among nurses. Job satisfaction is a global issue due to the possible effect on patient care quality and safety in addition to being a contributing factor associated with nurses leaving their current employment and profession. Therefore, this research aims to study the association between occupational stress and job satisfaction among nurses in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among nurses from random departments from UPM. Universal sampling method was used during participant’s recruitment from 17th August 2020 until 24th August 2020. The questionnaire used consist of JRTI and JSS were adopted from previous study, consists of three sections and 58 questions in total, and were used to collect the data from 124 respondents. The socio demographic factors were analyzed by descriptive statistics using mean, percentage and frequency. The distribution of job stress level and job satisfaction level were analyzed by descriptive statistics using mean, percentage and frequency. The distribution of individual facets in JRTI and JSS questionnaires were analyzed by descriptive statistics using mean, median, minimum, maximum and standard deviation. Spearman’s correlation test was used to analyze the association between the dependent (levels of job satisfaction among nurses of UPM) and independent (occupational stress) variables. 3 Result: The socio demographic aspect of the respondents consisted of the following: majority of respondents were female (74, 82.2%), diploma graduate (82, 91.1%), married (67, 74.4%) and with grade U29 (73, 81.1). Most of the respondents’ age are between 20 to 30 (43, 47.8%) and 31 to 40 (36, 40.0%) and majority of them have worked for less than 10 years (54, 60.0). Majority of them are from the medical specialist department (14, 15.6%). A total 48 nurses (53.3%) were stressed with their job and 42 nurses (46.7%) were not stressed with their job. A total 44 nurses (48.9%) were satisfied with their job and 46 nurses (51.1%) were not satisfied with their job. Spearman’s correlation test was performed and there is significant weak positive association between stress level and satisfaction level (rs = 0.318, P =0.002). Conclusion: The present study indicated most of the nurses were stress and not satisfied with their job. Nurses were most stress in organisational design and most dissatisfied with contingent reward. Analyzing occupational stress and job satisfaction among nurses was not one-time action, this needed continuous monitoring and evaluation. Based on the study, the hospital administration can look into their organisational design and keep a constant check and balance on it to avoid nurses being stressed. Nurses can also be given rewards more often, such as increments, bonus, and sponsored tour to boost their job satisfaction, so that they work more efficiently. Keywords: Prevalence, occupational stress, job satisfaction, association, nurses, UPM

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Norafizah Radzuan
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2023 07:24
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2023 07:24
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1104

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