Job Satisfaction among Registered Nurses Working in Public Hospitals: A Study in Windhoek, Namibia | Chapter 4 | New Ideas Concerning Arts and Social Studies Vol. 2

Aims: The study examines and determines the level of job satisfaction among registered nurses in public hospitals in Windhoek, Namibia, focusing on hygienic and motivational factors as described by Herzberg's Two-factor Theory.

Study Design: A quantitative exploratory descriptive design was applied to this study.

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted in its natural setting, specifically at the only two public hospitals in Windhoek, Namibia.  The study was conducted over a period of one month, October 2018.

Methodology: The target population was the total population of registered nurses with more than one year of working experience. A pilot study was conducted to refine the methodology. A reliable, validated Minnesota questionnaire was used to collect the data. The researcher personally collected data. Data were analysed using SPSS and presented in the form of tables. Ethical approval was obtained from the Health Research Ethics Committee (HREC) reference # S18/03/046, the Ministry of Health and Social Services, and by way of informed consent from participants.

Results: The level of job satisfaction differed among the participants, specifically, most participants were dissatisfied with their salaries (60%), working conditions (53%), and the chance for promotion and advancement opportunities (66%).

Conclusion: Based on the findings of the study, there is an urgent need  for policy interventions regarding promotion and advancement opportunities, improvement of the working conditions, and giving acknowledgement for the performance of nurses. This will enhance nurses' job satisfaction and retention in public hospitals.

 

Author (s) Details

 

Simon Shalonda
Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Alumni of Stellenbosch University, Namibia.

 

Ethelwynn Stellenberg
Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Namibia.

 

Taimi Amakali-Nauiseb
School of Nursing and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Namibia, Namibia.

Please see the book here:-  https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/nicass/v2/5004

Effects of Occupational Stress and Burnout on Turnover Intentions among Teachers: A Case Study from Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana | Chapter 1 | Progress in Language, Literature and Education Research Vol. 3

This stage focuses on stress, burnout, job unhappiness and turnover inside the Ghanaian education sector, by fact-finding the impact of occupational stress and exhaustion on turnover intentions between senior high school coaches in the cape coast metropolis, Ghana. Task Stress is considered as a stimulator of change intentions with the employees of any arranging. As the teachers concern a noble profession i.e. declaration of the Prophets, therefore the researchers, in order to validate this supposition, conducted this explanatory, co-relational and cross-localized study for determining the relationship middle from two points job stress and change intentions among various categories of coaches.The study setting was Cape Coast Downtown in the Central Region of Ghana. Bill Coast is the capital of the Central Domain of Ghana and it is referred to as the citadel of instruction. The study employed the explanatory survey design and made use of both explanatory and inferential dossier analysis approaches.  Teachers from the fifteen grades 9-12 schools in the Ghanaian Central Region's Ness Coast city made up the public. A multi-stage sampling technique was secondhand in the investigation. So that incorporate all of the teachers from the ten schools that were preferred, the study also secondhand a census method.The study disclosed that occupational stress and burn out had meaningful impact on change intention among Secondary school teachers in Headland Coast Metropolis. F (2, 517) = 9.898, p < 0.05. Also, the results of the study recorded that generally task dissatisfaction had statistically significant affect turnover intention of the parties. F (1, 518) = 82.163 p < 0.05. The result of the study implies that as instructors continuously experience exhaustion, they develop contending strategies that help them to lighten job stress and still continue activity with their teaching task.It was suggested that administrators of senior high schools endure be able to plan adept initiatives such stick professional development programs, motivational talks, and workshops on stress management and guide awareness-lifting. Employers provide sufficient support for the prosperity and working environment of coaches. Programs like workshops, in-help training, and a remunerating package bear be continuously devised by schools to encourage and support teachers to wait in their positions despite ultimate difficult obstacles they can encounter.

Author(s) Details:

Anthony Kwabena Nkyi,
Department of Guidance and Counselling, College of Education Studies, University of Cape Coast, Ghana.

Dominic Owusu,
Department of Guidance and Counselling, College of Education Studies, University of Cape Coast, Ghana.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/PLLER-V3/article/view/12866