Yao Jinjiang, Xu Yongyong, Guo Lingxia, Yang Liping, Pan Jing, Zhao Qianfou, Tan Zhijun
Objective To analysis the job satisfaction and its influence factors among the medical staffs in Shaanxi Province, and to provide evidence for improving the level of job satisfaction and also the development of human resources. Methods A questionnaire survey was performed to interview the job satisfaction of 4 470 medical staffs. The content of the job satisfaction included overall satisfaction and other seven dimensions, such as colleagues relationship,current job status,payment,work circumstance, promotion chances and equipment condition. Results The overall satisfaction score was 68.2 and the proportion of overall dissatisfaction was 31.1%, which indicated the level of job satisfaction was related low. The satisfaction score and the proportion of dissatisfaction of all dimensions in turn was colleague1relationship, current job status, promotion chances, work circumstance,equipment condition and payment. The job satisfaction was significantly affected by age, gender, marital status, education, type of unit, professional category, type of job, the length of work time, the authorized staff, management position, the length of work time and annual income. Conclusion The government should invest more to speed up infrastructure construction in public medicalinstitutions and develop better practice environment and provide higher salary for medical staffs, andeffective interventions should be adopted to improve the job satisfaction and motivationaccording to the characteristics of medical staff.