From: Impact of hospital mergers on staff job satisfaction: a quantitative study
Categories | Variable name | Descriptions | |
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Work environment | Autonomy | improve | Can contribute towards improvements? |
trusted | I am trusted to do my job | ||
Perceived quality of Trust | satis | Satisfied with quality of work? | |
toppriority | Care of patients/service users is my Trust's top priority | ||
recomd | I would recommend my Trust as a place to work | ||
incident | Action taken following errors | ||
Team work | discusseff | Team members often meet to discuss the teams effectiveness | |
teamcomm | Team members have to communicate closely with each other to achieve the teams objectives | ||
Support from organization | equal | Trust provides equal opportunities to staff? | |
qualapp | Had good quality appraisal in last 12 months? | ||
hands | Had health and safety training in last 12 months? | ||
trainbetter | My training, learning and development has helped me to do my job better/more effectively | ||
upprof | My training, learning and development has helped me stay up-to-date with professional requirements | ||
supsup | Support from supervisor | ||
commun | Good communication between managers and staff? | ||
Drivers of job satisfaction | Job clarity | differ | Role makes a difference? |
clearobj | I have, clear, planned goals and objectives for my job | ||
knowrep | I always know what my responsibilities are | ||
Tension | wkpres | Work pressure felt | |
exthrs | Work extra hours? | ||
stress | Suffered work-related stress in last 12 months? | ||
viopat | Experienced violence from patients/relatives in last 12 months? | ||
viocol | Experienced violence from colleagues in last 12 months? | ||
harpat | Experienced harassment from patients/relatives in last 12 months? | ||
harcol | Experienced harassment from colleagues in last 12 months? | ||
Dummy variables | Data year | 2008 | Dummy variable for year 2008 |
2009 | Dummy variable for year 2009 | ||
2010 | Dummy variable for year 2010 | ||
2011 | Dummy variable for year 2011 | ||
2012 | Dummy variable for year 2012 | ||
Mental health hospital | mh | Dummy variable for working in mental health trusts | |
Occupation group | nurses | Dummy variable for nurses | |
medden | Dummy variable for medical and dental staff | ||
ahp | Dummy variable for allied health professionals | ||
s&t | Dummy variable for science and technical staff | ||
admingm | Dummy variable for administrative and general management staff |