Job Satisfaction

Abstract

Background: Doctor’s profession has been among one of the most attractiveprofession in Pakistan Society, but doctors are getting increasingly dissatisfied with their jobs inour region as unfortunately job satisfaction has still not received the proper consideration frompolicy makers. Objectives: To determine the level of satisfaction with variousjob characteristicsand compare the characteristics of doctorswith level of job satisfaction among doctors workingin public and private sector teaching hospitals. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Period:July 2014 to August 2014. Setting: Public sector (Jinnah Hospital Lahore) and a private sector(Fatima Memorial Hospital) Lahore. Methods: A total of 308 medical officers, 154 from eachhospital were included through simple random sampling. They were interviewed regarding theirsocio demographic and work related characteristics and satisfaction level regarding variousjob characteristics, using a structured, pretested questionnaire. The job satisfaction was ratedon the basis of a three point liker scale with scores ranging from 1 – 33 and scores > 25were considered as satisfied. All the data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 17.0.Results: Among the total study respondents, majority 212 (68.8%) doctor were dissatisfied withtheir jobs while high level of satisfaction was seen only regarding timeliness of pay 92.9% andjob safety 98%.On comparing characteristics of doctors with job satisfaction, it was seen thatage, gender, marital status, number of family members, total family income, work experienceand nature of job was not significantly related with satisfaction while doctors working in privatehospital were more satisfied with their job as compared to doctors working in governmenthospital and this result was statistically significant (P = 0.000) Conclusion: Satisfaction levelof doctors especially working in public hospitals was low as compared to doctors working inprivate sector. There is need to address the reasons of dis-satisfaction and formulate strategiesto eliminate these issues.