Title: Quality of working life and job satisfaction in health and educational workers. ¿are there differences? |
Authors: Marzo Campos, Juan Carlos Rodríguez Jarabo, Beatriz Pérez Jover, María Virtudes Ramos López, María Amparo |
Editor: Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche |
Department: Departamentos de la UMH::Psicología de la Salud |
Issue Date: 2022-01 |
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11000/28157 |
Abstract:
La mayoría de los estudios sobre la calidad de vida laboral (WLQ) muestran que la satisfacción laboral (JS) es una de las variables más importantes relacionadas con WLQ. Sin embargo, gran parte de la
investigación no define con precisión estos dos conceptos y utiliza indistintamente ambos, o entien... Ver más
Most studies on quality of working life (WLQ) shown that job satisfaction (JS) is one of the most
important variables related to WLQ. However, much of the research does not accurately define these
two concepts and use indistinctly both of them, or to understand WLQ as a dimension/determinant of
JS, or JS as a dimension/determinant of WLQ. Numerous studies from the 1970s do not resolve these
questions. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify the relationship between JS and WLQ, particularly in service companies. For do it, we conducted a cross-sectional study to establish: 1) if socio-demographic
and work characteristics imply differences between JS and WLQ; 2) if there are differences between
JS and WLQ and if working sector entails any differences; and 3) if the JS is a good predictor of the
WLQ. Method: 395 health workers and educational employees of the province of Alicante (Spain) were
entered the study through a random mode. We used for data collection an Information form (socio-demographic and work variables), the Font-Roja Job Satisfaction Scale, and the Cabezas Quality of Work
Life Questionnaire. Results: There were no differences in WLQ nor JS between men and women.
Women felt more satisfied than men only relating to JS associated with the workload do. There were
also no differences between men and women in WLQ. Not found differences in JS between health
workers and educational workers, except in the case of the JS associated with the Labour Pressure
(health workers had more JS than educational workers did). These professionals Health workers also
perceived better WLQ. WLQ and JS were positively related. The best predictors of the WLQ are gender,
the working sector, total JS, and JS related to Job Competency, related to the workload, and related to
work pressure. Conclusions: We have obtained empirical results that allow us to affirm that the JS is an
important determinant (but not a dimension) of the WLQ, so these two variables cannot be confused.
In this sense, this work helps to clarify the concepts of WLQ and JS and their relationships, in the particular subsector of services companies
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Keywords/Subjects: Calidad de vida laboral Satisfacción laboral Sexo Empresas de servicios Trabajadores educativos Trabajadores sanitarios Quality of work life job satisfaction service companies gender educational workers health workers |
Knowledge area: . Psicología |
Type of document: info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Access rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Appears in Collections: Vol. 9 Núm. 1 (2021)
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