Job satisfaction among nurses: a literature review

TY - JOUR

T1 - Job satisfaction among nurses: a literature review

AU - Lu, H

AU - While, A E

AU - Barriball, K L

PY - 2005/2

Y1 - 2005/2

N2 - The current nursing shortage and high turnover is of great concern in many countries because of its impact upon the efficiency and effectiveness of any health-care delivery system. Recruitment and retention of nurses are persistent problems associated with job satisfaction. This paper analyses the growing literature relating to job satisfaction among nurses and concludes that more research is required to understand the relative importance of the many identified factors to job satisfaction. It is argued that the absence of a robust causal model incorporating organizational, professional and personal variables is undermining the development of interventions to improve nurse retention. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

AB - The current nursing shortage and high turnover is of great concern in many countries because of its impact upon the efficiency and effectiveness of any health-care delivery system. Recruitment and retention of nurses are persistent problems associated with job satisfaction. This paper analyses the growing literature relating to job satisfaction among nurses and concludes that more research is required to understand the relative importance of the many identified factors to job satisfaction. It is argued that the absence of a robust causal model incorporating organizational, professional and personal variables is undermining the development of interventions to improve nurse retention. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

U2 - 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.09.003

DO - 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.09.003

M3 - Literature review

SN - 1873-491X

VL - 42

SP - 211

EP - 227

JO - International Journal of Nursing Studies

JF - International Journal of Nursing Studies

IS - 2

ER -