Relationships between job demands, job control, and job-related psychological well-being of professional nurses working in primary care unit, region 2, hospitals under the jurisdiction of the ministry of public health
Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to examine the relationships between job demands, job control, and job - related psychological well being of professional nurses working in primary care unit, region 2, hospitals under the jurisdiction of the ministry of public health. The subjects were 195 professional nurses who had at least one year experience working in primary care unit. Three research instruments including job demands, job control, and job related psychological well being questionnaires were content validated and tested for reliability form which the Cronbachs alpha were .82, .88 and .95, respectively. Statistical techniques used were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearsons product moment correlation. Major findings were as follows : 1. The mean score of job related psychological well being of professional nurses working in primary care unit was at the moderate level. ([Mean] = 3.55, S.D. = .73) 2. Job demands was moderately negatively related to job related psychological well being (r = -.39 p < .05) . In addition, Job control was moderately positively associated with job related psychological well being (r = .41 p < .05) The results from this study indicate that the important of job demands and job control to job related psychological well being. It can be used as guideline for nurse administrators in nursing organization.