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KMID : 0614819960020020109
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
1996 Volume.2 No. 2 p.109 ~ p.120
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The Relationship between Spiritual Wellbeing and Job Satisfaction for Nurses
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Choi Sang-Soon
Hur Hea-Kung
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Abstract
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Nurses job satisfaction was influenced by intrinsic factors and extrinsic factors.
According to motivation theory, job satisfaction is determined by the degree of discrepancy between employees expectation and rewards to employees that meet their basic needs.
Spiritual wellbeing is a combination of~ religious wellbeing a:nd existential wellbeing. It is not simply religious but one of the essentials among basic human needs.
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between spiritual wellbeing and job satisfaction for nurses. The subjects consisted of 306 nurses who were employed in Wonju Christi-an Hospital.
A positivE~ relationship between spiritual wellbeing and job satisfaction was found. (r=.48, p(.00 1) Both spiritual wellbeing and job satisfaction were affected by the length of experience and by marital status and religion.
The degree of satisfaction which was measured by one overall question and spiritual wellbeing were found to explain 35.63% of the total job satisfaction variance in regression analysis.
From above the results, spiritual wellbeing can be considered as one of the important factors to improve job satisfaction for nurses. In order to improve job satisfaction, administrators must pay attention t.o the assessment of spiritual wellbeing for nurses who are employed in the hospital and develope programs to raise the level of spiritual wellness.
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