Effect of Nurses’ Autonomy Levels and Problem-Solving Skills on Job Satisfaction

Authors : Nukhet BAYER, Didem ŞİMŞEK, Özlem Ülkü BULUT, Zehra GÖLBAŞI

Pages : 370-375

Doi:10.33808/clinexphealthsci.1119340

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Publication Date : 2023-06-15

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: This study aimed to determine the effect of nurses’ autonomy levels and problem-solving skills on job satisfaction and was conducted in public, private and university hospital between July and September 2021. Methods: This descriptive and relational – screening study was conducted with 278 nurses. Data were collected through the Socio-demographic Form, the Problem-Solving Inventory, the Sociotrophy-Autonomy Scale, and the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MJSQ);. Data were analyzed using SPSS 26 and AMOS 24 programs using numbers, percentages, minimum/maximum values, means, and standard deviation values. Results: Modern mediation analysis findings performed using the Bootstrap method showed that the indirect effect of the autonomy score on the overall satisfaction score with the mediation of the problem-solving skills was significant insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p< .05);. Conclusion: Problem-solving skills were found to have a partial mediating role in the effect of nurses’ autonomy levels on their job satisfaction.
Keywords : Autonomy, problem solving skills, nursing, job satisfaction, structural equation