Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI), cilt.5, sa.6, ss.53-60, 2016 (Hakemli Dergi)
ABSTRACT: One of the areas which creates satisfaction in individuals is their work life. Lack of job
satisfaction causes negative feelings within an individual. Low job satisfaction can have negative effects such as
resigning or absenteeism from work, arriving late at work and working slowly. For this reason, it is important
to investigate job satisfaction levels and the factors affecting this in midwives giving health services. This work
was carried out with the aim of detemining the relationship between the levels of job satisfaction in midwives
and some socio-demographic characteristics of the job satisfaction levels. Within the framework of this
descriptive study, 106 midwives who worked within the Sivas province and agreed to participate in this study
were studied. Data were collected using ‘Socio-Demographic Questionnaire for Midwives’ and ‘Scale of Job
Satifaction in Nursing’. The data collected from the research were analysed using the Kruskal Wallis, Student t
and Mann-Whitney U tests within the SPSS 10.0 computer program. The average general job satisfaction points
of the midwives was 47.08 ± 15.52. The average job satisfaction levels in midwives who chose the occupation
themselves, wanted to be in the profession and found that midwifery suited them were found to be high at a
significant level (p<0.05). It was also determined that education, age and house ownership did not affect the
general job satisfaction point avarage of the midwives (p>0.05). It was established that the organisation they
work at, length of working life, whether they had worked continuously or had a break from work, weekly
working hours, way of working and amount of individuals to whom care was given did not affect their job
satisfaction point averages (p>0.05). It was also determined that the general job satisfaction point average
levels were not affected by whether they had children or not, the number of children they had and the age of the
youngest child (p>0.05). In contrast, the job satisfaction levels of midwives who worked in hospitals in terms of
the possibility of development and working conditions were significantly higher than midwives who worked at
health centres (p<0.05). Job satisfaction levels in midwives who chose the occupation themselves, wanted to be
in the profession and found that midwifery suited them were high. Midwives who worked in hospitals who had
the possibility of development and different working conditions had greater job satisfaction than midwives who
worked at health centres. The remaining socio-demographic charateristics did not affect job satisfaction in the
midwives.
Keywords:Job satisfaction, midwife, Demographic Factors