Job Satisfaction among Care Aides in Residential Long-Term Care: A Systematic Review of Contributing Factors, Both Individual and Organizational

Table 4

Organizational factors (reported four or more times).

Category	First author	Significance; (S = < .05)	Direction (magnitude)	Methodological quality	Sample size
() Facility (n  =  3  studies)
Resources; ( = 3 studies)	Garland [57]	S	+ ( = 0.43)	Low moderate	138
	Kuo [10], information	NS		Low moderate	114
	Kuo [10], resources	S	+ ( = 0.32)	Low moderate	114
	Ramirez [71]	S	+ ( = 0.24)	Low moderate	337
() Work environment (n  =  13  studies)
Satisfaction with salary/benefit; ( = 4 studies)	Choi [53], salary	NS		High moderate	2,254
	Choi [53], benefits	S	OR = 1.14	High moderate	2,254
	House [63]	NS		Low moderate	148
	Parsons [33], salary	NS		Weak	550
	Parsons [33], benefits	NS		Weak	550
	Purk [70]	S		Weak	34
Job performance; ( studies)	Kovach [9]	NS		Strong	177
	Liu [66]	S	+ ( = 0.40)	High moderate	244
	Simpson [73]	NS		High moderate	504
	Walborn [79]	NS		Weak	185
Support from coworkers; ( studies)	Friedman [56]	NS		High moderate	349
	Kuo [10]	NS		Low moderate	114
	Parmelee [68]	S	− ( = −0.145)	High moderate	188
	Parsons [33]	S	+ ( = 0.138)	Weak	550
	Proenca [69]	NS		Low moderate	129
	Thompson [77]	S		Weak	40
() Workload (n  =  5  studies)
Workload; ( studies)	Berg [48] (perceived strain)	S	− ( = −0.38)	Weak	233
	Garland [57]	S	+ ( = 0.3)	Low moderate	138
	Parmelee [68]	S	− ( = −0.283)	High moderate	188
	Ramirez [71]	S	− ( = −0.21)	Low moderate	337
	Thompson [77]	S		Weak	40

: test statistic value not reported; : not reported; : estimate of the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient; : in multiple regression, a standardized coefficient indicating the relative weight of a predictor variable.