Research Article
Extensive Evaluation of the Overall Workplace Experience and Job Satisfaction of Dentists in Saudi Arabia
Table 3
Comparison of individual characteristics with overall job satisfaction.
| Sl no. | Questions | Age | Gender | Profession | Type of practice | Years of practice in academic institution | Years of practice in private | Chi-square value | value | Chi-square value | value | Chi-square value | value | Chi-square value | value | Chi-square value | value | Chi-square value | value |
| 1 | Physical working condition | 3.211 | 0.073 | 1.324 | 0.250 | 0.891 | 0.345 | 0.187 | 0.665 | 2.043 | 0.153 | 3.058 | 0.080 | 2 | Freedom of working method | 0.432 | 0.511 | 3.749 | 0.053 | 0.680 | 0.410 | 7.772 | 0.005 | 1.757 | 0.185 | 12.352 | ≤0.001 | 3 | Colleagues and fellow workers | 2.328 | 0.127 | 0.644 | 0.422 | 0.088 | 0.767 | 2.733 | 0.098 | 3.765 | 0.052 | 8.328 | 0.004 | 4 | Recognition for work | 0.411 | 0.522 | 0.118 | 0.731 | 0.189 | 0.664 | 0.124 | 0.725 | 0.045 | 0.832 | 0.045 | 0.832 | 5 | Amount of responsibility | 1.127 | 0.288 | 0.054 | 0.817 | 2.202 | 0.138 | 0.001 | 0.976 | 1.066 | 0.302 | 0.071 | 0.790 | 6 | Income | 11.24 | ≤0.001 | 7.807 | 0.005 | 27.578 | ≤0.001 | 2.792 | 0.095 | 7.118 | 0.008 | 0.507 | 0.477 | 7 | Opportunity to use abilities | 4.989 | 0.026 | 0.002 | 0.965 | 0.001 | 0.979 | 0.240 | 0.624 | 1.114 | 0.291 | 1.414 | 0.234 | 8 | Hours of work | 1.029 | 0.310 | 0.551 | 0.458 | 4.447 | 0.035 | 6.402 | 0.011 | 0.971 | 0.325 | 0.034 | 0.854 | 9 | Amount of variety in job | 0.085 | 0.771 | 4.566 | 0.033 | 6.359 | 0.012 | 1.087 | 0.297 | 0.577 | 0.448 | 0.709 | 0.400 | 10 | Overall job satisfaction | 4.056 | 0.044 | 5.271 | 0.022 | 9.211 | 0.002 | 1.134 | 0.287 | 1.694 | 0.193 | 0.273 | 0.602 |
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