JOB SATISFACTION AMONG NURSES
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This research critiques five articles dealing with job satisfaction among professional nurses. The articles are critiqued within the contexts of introductory materials (including problem statement and literature review), basis in theory, significance to nursing practice, hypothesis statement, definition of terms, research design, population and sample, instrumentation, confidence limits, and research conclusions. The articles critiqued are as follows:Blegen, Mary A. (1993, JanuaryFebruary). Nurses' job satisfaction: A metaanalysis of related variables. Nursing Research, 42(1), 3641. Blegen, Mary A., & Mueller, Charles W. (1987). Nurses' job satisfaction: A longitudinal analysis. Research in Nursing & Health, 10, 227237. Kramer, Marlene, & Hafner, Laurin P. (1989, May/June). Shared values: Impact on staff nurse job satisfaction and perceived productivity. Nursing Research, 38(3), 172177. Lucas, Mary D. (1991, MarchApril). Management style and staff nurse job satisfaction. Journal of Professional Nursing, 7(2), 119125. Slavitt, Dinah B., Stamps, Paula L., Piedmont, Eugene B., & Hasse, Ann Marie B. (1978, MarchApril). Nurses' satisfaction with their work. Nursing Research, 27(2), 114120. Within the context of problem statement, Blegen (1993, p. 36) clearly stated the reason that job satisfaction among nurses in significant. Blegen (1993, p. 36) narrowed the issue by observing that, while numerous studies have identifie
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ewed the development of a specific theoretical model of the relationship between job satisfaction and several factors. This theoretical model was then tested by Blegen and Mueller (1987, pp. 227230) for effectiveness is assessing job satisfaction among professional nurses.
Kramer and Hafner (1989, pp. 173175) delineated a theoretical basis for the measurement of job satisfaction, and for the relationship between job satisfaction and productivity on the job. Kramer and Hafner (1989, pp. 173175), however, did not clearly establish a theoretical link between job satisfaction and common and shared values within an organization.
Lucas (1991, p. 120) described Likert's management systems theory, and explained how this theory served as the theoretical basis for and investigation of the link between management style and job satisfaction. Slavitt, Stamps, Piedmont, and Hasse (1978, pp. 114115) cited the various theoretical conceptions of job satisfaction in their identification of factors that might be used to effectively measure job satisfaction.
Significance to Nursing Practice
Blegen (1993, p. 36) clearly described the significance of job satisfaction among nurses to the profession. From the significance of the concept to th
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