BioMed Research International

Research Article

Job Satisfaction and Associated Factors among Health Professionals Working at Public and Private Hospitals in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Organizational and job-related characteristics of health professionals working at public and private hospitals, Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia (), 2020.


Variables		Public hospitals () (%)	Private hospitals () (%)	Total () (%)

Job description	Yes	56 (21.6)	242 (92.7)	298 (57.3)
Job description	No	203 (78.4)	19 (7.3)	222 (42.7)
Short-term training	Yes	97 (37.5)	180 (69.0)	277 (53.3)
Short-term training	No	162 (62.5)	81 (31.0)	243 (46.7)
Annual leave	Yes	108 (41.7)	182 (69.70)	290 (55.8)
Annual leave	No	151 (58.3)	79 (30.3)	230 (44.2)
Nature of work	Pleasant	87 (33.6)	178 (68.2)	265 (51.0)
Nature of work	Unpleasant	172 (66.4)	83 (31.8)	255 (49.0)
Responsibility	Yes	98 (37.8)	191 (73.2)	289 (55.6)
Responsibility	No	161 (62.2)	70 (26.8)	231 (44.4)
Workload	High	229 (88.4)	227 (87.0)	456 (87.7)
Workload	Low	30 (11.6)	34 (13.0)	64 (12.3)
Work environment	Safe	112 (43.2)	198 (75.9)	310 (59.6)
Work environment	Unsafe	147 (56.8)	63 (24.1)	210 (40.4)
Coworker relationship	Good	176 (68.0)	229 (87.7)	405 (77.9)
Coworker relationship	Poor	83 (32.0)	32 (12.3)	115 (22.1)
Autonomy	Yes	132 (51.0)	184 (70.5)	316 (60.8)
Autonomy	No	127 (49.0)	77 (29.5)	204 (39.2)
Pay and benefit	Fair	44 (17.0)	28 (10.7)	72 (13.8)
Pay and benefit	Unfair	215 (83.0)	233 (89.3)	448 (86.2)
Organizational policy and strategy	Comfortable	54 (20.8)	152 (58.2)	206 (39.6)
Organizational policy and strategy	Uncomfortable	205 (79.2)	109 (41.8)	314 (60.4)
Performance appraisal	Yes	56 (21.6)	42 (16.1)	98 (18.8)
Performance appraisal	No	203 (78.4)	219 (83.9)	422 (81.2)
Recognition and reward	Yes	31 (12.0)	57 (21.8)	88 (16.9)
Recognition and reward	No	228 (88.0)	204 (78.2)	432 (83.1)
Supportive supervision	Adequate	86 (33.2)	166 (63.6)	252 (48.5)
Supportive supervision	Inadequate	173 (66.8)	95 (36.4)	268 (51.5)
Educational opportunity	Yes	40 (15.4)	21 (8.0)	61 (11.7)
Educational opportunity	No	219 (84.6)	240 (92.0)	459 (88.3)
Affective commitment	High	170 (65.6)	216 (82.8)	386 (74.2)
Affective commitment	Low	89 (34.4)	45 (17.2)	134 (25.8)
Normative commitment	High	90 (34.7)	154 (59.0)	244 (46.9)
Normative commitment	Low	169 (65.3)	107 (41.0)	276 (53.1)
Continuance commitment	High	58 (22.4)	138 (52.9)	196 (37.7)
Continuance commitment	Low	201 (77.6)	123 (47.1)	324 (62.3)