Job Characteristics, Organizational Communication, Job Stress, and Job Satisfaction of Rehabilitation and General Ward Nurses

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to confirm the job characteristics, organizational communication, job stress, and job satisfaction of nurses in rehabilitation and general wards and to identify differences between the two groups. The survey was performed with 132 nurses working in three rehabilitation hospitals and 131 nurses working in three small and medium hospitals in B city. The data was collected through questionnaires and analyzed using SPSS/Win 25.0. The results of the survey were as follows. There was a statistical difference between the two groups in job characteristics and organizational communication, and nurses in the rehabilitation ward showed higher scores in job characteristics and organizational communication than nurses in the general ward. The job satisfaction of rehabilitation ward nurses had a positive correlation with job characteristics and organizational communication and a negative correlation with job stress. The job satisfaction of general ward nurses was found to have a positive correlation with organizational communication and a negative correlation with job stress. Job stress and organizational communication were factors affecting job satisfaction in nurses in rehabilitation and general wards, with explanatory power of 38.8% and 22.7%, respectively. In this study, the importance of job stress management and effective organizational communication was confirmed by showing that job stress and organizational communication are factors affecting the job satisfaction of rehabilitation and general ward nurses.