EVALUATION OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB SATISFACTION IN HOSPITALS AND PERCEPTION OF VIOLENT BEHAVIORS AGAINST HEALTH WORKERS
HASTANELERDE İŞ TATMİNİ VE SAĞLIK ÇALIŞANLARINA KARŞI ŞİDDET DAVRANIŞLARI ALGISI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Author : Aygül YANIK -- Merve MİLET
Number of pages : 15-26

Abstract

Purpose of this study is to determine health workers’ perception of job satisfaction and violent behaviors against them and to evaluate job satisfaction in terms of demographic variables and violent behaviors at hospitals. This cross sectional and descriptive study is carried out on health workers who works in hospitals. 86.1% health workers are worry about experiencing violent behaviors at hospital and 66.1% of them experienced violent behavior at least once while they were working at hospital. When health workers’ job satisfaction is averagely analyzed; expectations and payment-award system are at low level, work itself-rules, management and general job satisfaction are at intermediate level. There is a statistically meaningful difference between sexuality, education, seniority, institution, watching at night, feeling anxiety about workplace violence, experiencing violent behaviors and their job satisfaction points. Health workers’ job satiscaftion changes according to demographic variables and perception of violent behaviors against them at hospitals.

Keywords

Violence, Hospital, Workers, Job Satisfaction

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