Job Satisfaction and Associated Factors Among Midwives Working in Health Centers of Central Zone, Tigray, Ethiopia-2020
Keywords:
Job Satisfaction, Motivation, Midwives, Central ZoneAbstract
Background: Job satisfaction depends on the interactions of employee’s characteristics, values, and expectations with the
work environment and the organization. Low job satisfaction among midwives is supposed to be a problem to achieve organi
zational goals. Due to this reason, it is a must to determine their level of satisfaction and the contributing factors. The objective
is to assess job satisfaction and associated factors among midwives working in Health Centers of Central Zone of Tigray, Ethi
opia, 2020Method: Institution-based cross-sectional study using both quantitative and qualitative methods was employed. The total
samples were selected based on inclusion criteria. A magnitude of association between different variables with the outcome
variable was measured by odds ratio with 95 % confidence interval by using bivariate and multivariate logistic regression anal
ysis. The qualitative data were obtained using a semi-structured interview. Finally transcribed, coded, and analyzed manually
using thematic analysis.Result: The finding revealed that 79 (56.43%) midwives were not satisfied. Regarding motivation, the probability of being satisfied among midwives not motivated to do their job, were 76% times less likely compared to their counterpart, whereas the management system, the probability of not satisfied with the management system were 79.2% times less likely satisfied than
who were satisfied with the management system. Work satisfaction, the probability of not satisfied with their work was 91.6%
times less likely satisfied than those who were satisfied with their work. Conclusion: Job satisfaction of midwives in central zone health centers was found to low. The regional and woreda health bureau and health centers would devise mechanisms to improve the job satisfaction of midwives.
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