Differences in job satisfaction of nurses based on type of hospital: An analytical study from India

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to carry out a comparative analysis of the job satisfaction of nurses working in India based on the different types of the hospital they are working with. The study tests the null hypothesis that the job satisfaction of nurses from India across different types of hospitals is the same. Methods: Four hundred nurses divided into 100 each for four popular types of hospitals – (1) Educational; (2) Government; (3) Charitable Trust; and (4) Private, from all over India were surveyed. Two ANOVA tests were performed. The first one was performed, taking overall job satisfaction as the dependent variable. The second ANOVA was performed by taking the monetary and compensation factors, work environment and management support, and job-related factors as the dependent variables. Results: The overall mean of job satisfaction was -0.73 (SD 0.60). Overall, 65 percent of the variability of the dependent variable, job satisfaction, is explained by the type of hospital and is statistically significant (p