The predicting effects of professional governance and structural empowerment on job satisfaction among Jordanian nurses: A cross‐sectional study

Aim This study aimed to investigate the role of professional governance and empowerment in predicting nurses' job satisfaction. Background Nurses can lead the way to enhance health care quality for all if they work in safe, satisfying and empowering environments. Professional governance and structural empowerment are associated with favourable work conditions and environments. However, studies addressing the predicting effects of professional governance and structural empowerment on job satisfaction are still limited. Methods A cross‐sectional design was applied. Online self‐reported questionnaires were completed by 126 nurses. The analysis consisted of descriptive statistics, Pearson r correlation and hierarchical multiple regression to address the research aim. Results Job satisfaction moderately correlated with structural empowerment (r = .40, p