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Table 4 Coefficients of independent variables in regressions that showed statistically significant difference in δ 3 term

From: Impact of hospital mergers on staff job satisfaction: a quantitative study

 

Category

Independent variablesa

Year −2

Year −1

Year 1

Work environment

Autonomy

improve

0.187c

0.199c

0.218c

 

(0.007)

(0.009)

(0.008)

trusted

0.172c

0.151c

0.137c

 

(0.007)

(0.007)

(0.007)

Perceived quality

satis

0.035c

0.049c

0.042c

 

(0.011)

(0.010)

(0.011)

recomd

0.115

0.113

0.111c

 

(0.006)

(0.007)

(0.006)

incident

0.035

0.040

0.040c

 

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.008)

Team work

discusseff

−0.078c

0.006

0.008

 

(0.009)

(0.005)

(0.006)

teamcomm

−0.039b

0.036c

0.013

  

(0.015)

(0.007)

(0.008)

Support from organization

equal

0.169c

0.172c

0.176c

 

(0.013)

(0.015)

(0.013)

qualapp

0.082c

0.089c

0.095c

 

(0.007)

(0.008)

(0.007)

upprof

0.007

0.012b

0.006

 

(0.006)

(0.006)

(0.006)

supsup

0.217c

0.225

0.242c

  

(0.006)

(0.006)

(0.006)

commun

0.113c

0.112c

0.109c

 

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.008)

Drivers of job satisfaction

Job clarity

clearobj

0.062c

0.056c

0.057c

  

(0.006)

(0.006)

(0.005)

 

knowrep

0.057c

0.076c

0.048c

  

(0.006)

(0.007)

(0.007)

tension

wkpres

−0.080c

−0.078c

−0.076c

  

(0.006)

(0.006)

(0.006)

 

exthrs

0.013

0.034c

0.030c

  

(0.008)

(0.008)

(0.008)

 

stress

−0.085c

−0.067b

−0.078c

  

(0.008)

(0.008)

(0.008)

 

viopat

−0.063c

−0.054c

−0.062c

  

(0.012)

(0.011)

(0.011)

 

harpat

−0.034c

−0.049c

−0.027c

  

(0.008)

(0.008)

(0.008)

 

harcol

−0.111c

−0.114c

−0.114c

  

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.008)

Dummy variables

Mental health hospital

mh

0.068c

0.079c

0.079c

 

(0.014)

(0.013)

(0.012)

Occupation

medden

0.022

0.032b

0.049c

 

(0.016)

(0.015)

(0.011)

s&t

-

−0.043b

−0.054b

 

-

(0.020)

(0.021)

admingm

0.022

0.044c

0.034b

 

(0.014)

(0.016)

(0.013)

  

R-squared

0.664

0.672

0.679

 

Observations

14,639

15,399

16,492

  1. Note: cluster robust standard errors in parentheses. Baseline: 3 years before merger was approved by the regulator. Only statistically significant variables are displayed in the table.
  2. aDefinitions for each independent variable are shown in Table 1 (also see Additional file 1).
  3. b P < 0.05.
  4. c P < 0.01.