Effect of Manager Leadership Behavior and Demographical Factors on Job Satisfaction of Military Healthcare Personnel

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

1 Tarbiat Modares University

2 Baghyatallah University of medical sciences

Abstract

Aims: Due to the importance of job satisfaction (JS), this study attempted to examine factors involved in JS in military healthcare personnel in 2008.
Method: This study was carried out on 301 employees, 246 (%81.7) female and 55 (%18.3) male, working in a MSH selected using stratified sampling. Standardized JSS job satisfaction questionnaire, Burdens & Metzcus Leadership Behavior Description (LBD), and a questionnaire checking demographical variables were used for data collection.
Results:
Age, experience, work position, education, work shift, sex, marital status, and type of employment had statistically significant relationship with job satisfaction. In addition, there was a significant relationship between job satisfaction in managers and staff and their LBD, sex, and education.
Conclusion:
We can improve job satisfaction in employees by paying more attention to employees’ personality and salary.

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