Determining the factors effecting nurses' job satisfaction: organizational climate, sociodemographic and job characteristics

Aim: This study was aimed to determine the satisfaction of nurses' with their job by organizational climate and sociodemographic and job characteristics.Method: Investigation was descriptive and cross-sectional, and 410 nurses from three state hospitals were included. `Sociodemographic and Job Characteristics Questionnaire Form?, `Organizational Climate Scale? and `Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ)? were used for data collection. In this evaluation; team work, human relations, negative interreaction and communication subscales of Bilir's (2005) 'Organizational Climate Scale' were used. Scale is five points Likert type and reliability coefficients of the subscales were between .76 and .88 in this study. Baycan (1985) adapted the 'Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire' to Turkish and this five points Likert type scale has 20 items. Data were analysed with descriptive statistics, Independent-Samples t-tests, one way ANOVA, Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis.Results and Conclusion: As a result, job satisfaction level of nurses was moderate. Job satisfaction varies according to sociodemographic and job characteristics. There was moderate and strong correlations between job satisfaction and organizational climate subscale. Human relations, communication, negative interreaction, age, team work, and education level explain 48% of the variance. It was presented the suggestions to increase the job satisfaction of the nurses to nurse managers and researchers.Key words: Nurse, job satisfaction, organizational climate.