The aim of the study – investigate the motivation factors of surgical profile nurses work. The objectives of the study: 1. To investigate of satisfaction with work, to identify the motivation positive factors, emotional exhaustion of nurses, which are working in the surgical profile departments and operating-theaters. 2. To investigate negative factors (emotional exhaustion, salary, nursing load). 3. To give the offers for the main problems solutions. Hypothesis – the nurses motivation, which are working in the operating-theaters or surgical profile departments, is the same. Methodology: Investigative – nurses, which are working in Kaunas University of Medicine clinic, departments of orthopedics and traumatology, neurosurgery, childrens surgery in the operating-theaters and departments. Investigation method – Questionnaire-based inquiry, emotional scale. Statistical analysis has been made by Microsoft Excel 2003 program. The obtained findings were processed using SPSS for Windows 12.0 statistical software package. The results and conclusions of the study: 70% of all nurses are satisfied with theirs job, ‘cause they are „responsible for what they��re doing“. The bigger pay could induce to work better even 82,5% of nurses. Almost for the half of nurses, working in the departments, the motivation for better work could be financial support-awards; for the third of operating-theaters nurses – the compliments of the heads. Statistically significant (p = 0,002) was the emotional... [to full text]

Aim of the study: – investigate and compare the satisfaction of work of the personnel working in the Kaunas Centre of Public Health (KCPH) and its subsidiaries. Methods: - The personnel of KCPH and its subsidiaries took part in the inquiry. There were 193 questionnaires distributed, 150 of them were completed and returned. The response rate was 77.7%. The 7 – point Likert scale was used in the survey where 1 point stood for “totally disagree”, and 7 points for “totally agree”. The acquired inquiry results data were then processed and analyzed using SPSS version 9.0 Statistical software package. Hypothesis about the absence of interdependence between the two indicators were verified using the chi-square (χ2) criterion. Results differences at p < 0.05 level were considered as statistically significant. Means, standard deviations (SD) and confidence intervals (CI) were also calculated. The strength of relation among the rating variables was verified using Spirmen coefficient of correlation. Results: - In the KCPH subsidiaries 50% of the personnel are elder than 50 years of age. 49.1% of the KCPH subsidiaries employees have secondary education. General satisfaction with the work, independently of working place, is higher than average (4.98). The most satisfied with the work are the ones who have secondary education (5.33), elder than 50 years of age (5.31) and the ones who have 26 or more years of previous experience in the field (5.52). The motivation actions were identified... [to full text]

SUMMARY Management of Public Health JOB SATISFACTION AMONG COMMUNITY NURSES Danutė Adomavičiūtė Supervisor Jurgita Vladičkienė, Dr.Sc., Department of Social medicine. Faculty of Public Health, Kaunas University of Medicine.- Kaunas, 2005.- P.71 Primary health care is a priority field of health care in Lithuania. Community nursing as a part of primary health care meets with development difficulties. First of all, is paid too few attention to community nurses, in primary health care institutions is a shortage of them, but customers wishes more of community nurses lent services. Aim of the study is to investigate job satisfaction level among community nurses in Kaunas primary health care institutions. Objectives are to evaluate general job satisfaction level among community nurses, to establish relationship between job satisfaction and work factors, and relationship between job satisfaction and nurse’s efforts better to work, to establish needs of community nurses. Methods. Object of study is community nurse’s job satisfaction. A sample of 174 nurses was questioned with the aid of anonymous questionnaire. Statistic data reliability was tested by Chi square test of independence, degrees of freedom quantity (df) and statistical significance (α=0,05). Results. There was established, that 60,3% nurses are content with their own job and 39,7% - unsatisfied. Calculated common average of job satisfaction grade was 2,63 (±0,770), by evaluating in scale from 1 to 4 (where 1 is... [to full text]

Šiuolaikinėje organizacijoje vis svarbesnę vertę turi darbuotojas ir asmeninės jo savybės, kadangi daugėja įrodymų, kad nuo darbuotojo asmeninių savybių priklauso pasitenkinimas darbu bei darbo kokybė. Teigiami charakterio bruožai žmogui padeda dirbti, didinti darbo našumą, gerinti jo kokybę. Pagrindinė mokslinių tyrimų, susijusių su teigiamais charakterio bruožais, idėja yra ta, kad harmoningai nugyventas gyvenimas pabrėžiant pagrindines charakterio stiprybes gali būti pilnavertis ir produktyvus tiek darbe, tiek visuomenėje. Svarbus veiksnys numatant darbuotojų pasitenkinimą darbu yra ir darbo charakteristikos, kurių pasireiškimas užtikrina darbuotojo veiklos efektyvumą. Šio darbo tikslas yra nustatyti ir pagrįsti šių prielaidų patikimumą, išsiaiškinant ryšius tarp teigiamų charakterio bruožų, darbo charakteristikų ir pasitenkinimo darbu. Tyrime dalyvavo 136 tiriamieji (iš kurių 51 vyras ir 85 moterys), dirbantys įvairiose paslaugas teikiančiose įmonėse Vilniuje. Pasitenkinimas darbu buvo matuotas P. E. Spector Pasitenkinimo darbu klausimynu, sudarytu 1994 m. Teigiami charakterio bruožai matuoti Stiprybių ir Dorybių klasifikacijos trumpąja forma, sukurta Peterson ir Seligman 2003 m. bei Subjektyvia laimės skale, sudaryta Lyubomirsky 1999 m. Darbo charakteristikos matuotos Darbo diagnostikos klausimynu, sudarytu Taber, Beehr ir Walsh 1985 m. Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad bendras pasitenkinimas darbu statistiškai patikimai skyriasi lyties atžvilgiu. Skirtumų tarp moterų ir... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Employee and his individual characteristics become more and more important in the modern organizations. Growing evidence show that job performance and job satisfaction depend on personal resources. According to the scientific literature positive character traits help person to work and improve productivity in organizations. Positive psychology focuses on resources in human character strengths wich enable a good life if highly developed. Important factors as well as character traits in predicting employee’s job satisfaction are job characteristics. The aim of this study is to discover and to determine the validity of these proposings by finding out the correlations between positive character traits, job characteristics and job satisfaction. Survey with 136 (51 men and 85 women) customer service employees across various organizations in Vilnius were conducted. Job satisfactions was assessed by Job Satisfaction Survey developed by P. E. Spector in 1994. Positive character traits were assessed by the VIA Classification of Strengths and Virtues, developed by Peterson and Seligman in 2003 and Subjective Happiness Scale developed by Lyubomirsky in 1999. Job Characteristics were assessed by Job Diagnostic Survey developed by Taber, Beehr and Walsh in 1985. The results showed statistical difference between job satisfaction and gender. There were no relation between job satisfaction with age, job lenght and marital status between men and women. Results also showed statistically... [to full text]

Tyrimo tikslas - išsiaiškinti priekabiavimo, patiriamo mokytojų darbe sąsajas su pasitenkinimu darbu bei emociniu išsekimu. Tyrime dalyvavo 8-ių Kauno mokyklų mokytojai. Bendras respondentų skaičius – 361 mokytojas (310 moterų, 31 vyras, 10 respondentų nenurodė lyties). Tiriamųjų amžiaus vidurkis 45,2 metai. Kolegų priekabiavimui darbe įvertinti buvo naudojama priekabiavimo darbe skalė (WHS) (Björkqvist, Österman, 1992). Klausimynas sudarytas iš 24 klausimų. Atlikus priekabiavimo darbe skalės atsakymų į klausimus faktorinę analizę, buvo išskirti penki faktoriai, keturi iš jų toliau naudoti tyrimo duomenų analizei (žeminimas, žlugdymas, atskyrimas, įžeidinėjimas). Buvo įtraukti trys papildomi klausimai, kolegų priekabiavimo aspektams atskleisti. Pasitenkinimui darbu nustatyti, naudotas Paul Spector - pasitenkinimu darbu klausimynas (JSS) (Spector, 1985), į kurį įeina devynios subskalės. Klausimynas leidžia įvertinti bendrąjį pasitenkinimo darbu lygį bei atskirus pasitenkinimo darbu aspektus. Emocinei savijautai įvertinti naudota emocinio išsekimo skalė, skirta mokytojams (The MBI-ES), sudarytoja - Christina Maslach. Į skalę įeina devyni klausimai. Emocinis išsekimas leidžia įvertinti emocinių resursų pereikvojimą ir išsekimą dėl darbo (Maslach, Jackson, Leiter, 1996). Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad didesnis kolegų priekabiavimas darbe susijęs su mažesniu pasitenkinimu darbu. Nustatyta, kad aukštesnis kolegų priekabiavimo mokytojų darbe lygis susijęs su aukštesniu emocinio... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The research purpose – to analyze relations among work harassment, job satisfaction and emotional exhaustion, perceived in teachers’ work. There were 361 teachers (310 – women, 31 – men, 10 respondents did not indicate their sex), who participated in the research. The respondents were from 8 Kaunas’ schools. The average age of the participants – 45,2 years. For the assessment of work harassment, Work Harassment Scale (WHS) was used, developed by K. Björkqvist and K. Österman, in 1992. Factor analysis was done, five factors were developed, four factors were used for the further data analysis. Factors were named as follows: disruption, humiliation, alienation, indignity. For the deeper assessment of work harassment, three additional questions were used. For the assesment of job satisfaction, Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) was used (Spector, 1985). The questionnaire consists of 9 scales. It allows to assess job satisfaction and it’s aspects. For the assessment of emotional exhaustion, Emotional Exhaustion scale was used. The scale was specifically developed for teachers by Christina Maslach (The MBI-ES). Emotional Exhaustion scale measures overextention of emotional resources and exhaustion from job (Maslach, Jackson, Leiter, 1996). The results showed that higher level of work harassment is related to lower job satisfaction. The results revealed that higher level of work harassment is related to higher level of emotional exhaustion. Teachers, who observed work harassment... [to full text]

Tyrimo tikslas – nustatyti pedagogų streso įveikos, sveikatai palankaus elgesio ir pasitenkinimo darbu ypatumus bei jų tarpusavio ryšį. Tyrime dalyvavo 128 pedagogai. Apklausa vykdyta Prienų rajono mokyklose gavus šių mokyklų vadovų leidimus ir tiriamųjų sutikimus. Tyrime apklausti 29 vyrai, kurie sudarė 28 proc. tiriamųjų, bei 76 moterys, kurios sudarė 72 proc. visų tyrimo dalyvių. Kiekvienas tiriamasis turėjo užpildyti tris klausimynus: Rūpinimosi savimi ir gyvenimo būdo pusiausvyros klausimyną, Streso įveikos klausimyną bei Pasitenkinimo darbu klausimyną. Tiriamųjų sveikatai palankiam elgesiui įvertinti buvo naudojamas Headingtono instituto (JAV) mokslininkės Lisa McKay 2004 m. sukurtas Rūpinimosi savimi ir gyvenimo stiliaus pusiausvyros klausimynas (angl. Self Care and Lifestyle Balance Inventory), skirtas bendram sveikatai palankaus elgesio fizinių, psichologinių, dvasinių aspektų įvertinimui (Headington Insitute, 2004). Tiriamųjų streso įveikai tirti buvo naudojama lietuviška streso įveikos vertinimo metodika. Jos autoriai – Ž. Grakauskas ir G. Valickas (2006). Tiriamųjų pasitenkinimui darbu tirti buvo naudojamas P. E. Spector Pasitenkinimo darbu klausimynas (angl. The Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS)), skirtas matuoti bendrajam pasitenkinimui darbu ir taip pat devyniems pasitenkinimo darbu aspektams (Spector, 1997). Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad pedagogų streso įveikos strategijos, sveikatai palankus elgesys bei pasitenkinimas darbu skiriasi demografinių kintamųjų grupėse... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The purpose of this work is to disclose the relations and features among teacher’s stress coping, health-related behaviour and job satisfaction. The respondents were 128 teachers: 29 man ( 28 %) and 76 women ( 72% ) from the schools of Prienai district. The survey was conducted by the lisences of schools’ headmasters. The respondents had to fill up 3 questionairies: Stress Coping Inventory ( authors Grakauskas Ž. and Valickas G., 2006 ), Self Care and Lifestyle Balance Inventory ( author Lisa McKay, 2004 ) and Job Satisfaction Survey ( author P.E. Spector, 1997 ). To disclose a health-related behaviour was used Self Care and Lifestyle Balance Inventory ( auth.Lisa McKay, 2004 ), which assess the overall physical, psychological and spiritual aspects of health-related behaviour. To assess stress coping strategies was used the lithuanian Stress Coping Inventory (auth.Grakauskas Ž. and Valickas G., 200 ). To assess teachers’ job satisfaction was used The Job Satisfaction Survey ( auth. P.E. Spector, 2006 ), which is designed to measure the overall job satisfaction as well as satisfaction with nine aspects of the work. The results have shown that the teacher‘s stress coping strategies, the health-related behaviour and the job satisfaction have different results on demographic groups. Stress coping strategies have a statistical relation with the health-related behaviour. The problem solving and emotional release stress coping strategies are in relation with... [to full text]

The aim of the study : to evaluate nurses' motivation and their approach to the elements of motivation system at the Hospital of Kaunas University of Medicine. Methodology of the study : The object of the study – motivation of the nurses' at the Hospital of Kaunas University of Medicine, their fulfilment with their work, the role of self – realization in the motivation, potentials in career planning, nurses' approach to the elements of motivation system . Methods of the study - Questionnaire for the nurses at the Hospital of Kaunas University of Medicine. Scope - 65 pages . Methods of statistic analysis – data of the study are accomplished and analysis of statistic data is obtained having used statistic package SPSS for Windows 12.0. Statistic reliability of the differences of responses was controlled according to Chi (χ²) criterium. Checking statistic hypotheses, 0,05 importance level was chosen Man – Withney test was applied to determine the differences between two separate groups. Results and conclusions - forms of material stimulation has the greatest significance in the motivation of nurses at the Hospital of Kaunas University of Medicine. Self – realization and career potentials stimulate the nurses least. Less than a half of the nurses staff is satisfied with their job. The essential reasons are inadequate pay and depreciatian of this occupation. Most nurses are paid extra money from incentive fund, and it has some motivating significance, but majority of nurses... [to full text]

Darbo tikslas. Atskleisti darbo organizavimo ypatumus VšĮ Marijampolės ligoninėje. Tyrimo metodika. Tyrime dalyvavo VšĮ Marijampolės ligoninės pirmaeilėse pareigose dirbantis, stacionarines paslaugas teikiantis personalas: gydytojai, bendrosios praktikos slaugytojai bei slaugytojų padėjėjai. Tyrimas atliktas taikant sudarytą anoniminę anketą. Gauti tyrimo duomenys apdoroti, naudojant statistinių duomenų analizės programą SPSS 13,0 for Windows. Rezultatai. Tyrime dalyvavo 330 darbuotojų (203 slaugytojai, 77 slaugytojų padėjėjai ir 50 gydytojų). Gauti duomenys parodė, kad 99,1 proc. apklaustųjų susipažinę su individualiu darbo vietos aprašu. 50 proc. slaugytojų, mano, kad jų darbo vieta ne visuomet saugi. Daugiau kaip pusę apklaustųjų mano, kad jų darbo vieta nėra patogi ir neatitinka higieninių reikalavimų. Darbo vietos aprūpinimas žmogiškaisiais ištekliais bei techninėm priemonėm taip pat nepakankamas. 39 proc. apklaustųjų teigia, kad siekiant patenkinti visų besikreipiančių į gydymo įstaigą klientų poreikius, trūksta žmonių, taip pat paslaugų kokybei užtikrinti nepakanka aparatūros bei priemonių (26 proc. ir 20 proc.), ne visos priemonės funkcionalios – teigia 56,9 proc. respondentų. Darbo ir poilsio laiko organizavimas skiriasi, priklausomai nuo skyriaus, kuriame dirba apklaustieji bei pareigų. 27,5 proc. slaugytojų padėjėjų teigia, kad sudarant darbo grafiką neatsižvelgiama į jų pageidavimus, 92,5 proc. gydytojų po naktinio budėjimo neturi laisvos dienos bei 64 proc... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Aim of the study. Reveal special feature of work arrangement at Marijampolė hospital. Methods. An employee of full – time position, staff of stationary service: doctors, nurses of general care and assistans of nurses took part in the research. The anonymous quetionnaire was also used to carry out the survey. The data received was processed using the statistics processing program SPSS 13.0 for Windows. Results. 330 of staff took part in the research (included 203 nurses, 77 assistans of nurses and 50 doctors). The data received showed (99,1%) of recipients were got acquinted with individual description of work position. 50% of nuries think that their position is not safe enough. More than half of recipients think that their position is not convenient and out of requirements of hygiene. There is also lackof equipment and humanism. 39% of recipients claim that improving needs of applicants to health care institution there is shart of equipment and facilities (26% and 20 %), 56,9% respondents say most of facilities are out of work. There is difference between work and free time arrangement which depends on each department and staff position. 27,5% assistants of nuries claim that time – table is made up despote their requist. 92,5% doctors don‘t have a day – off after night shift. Also 64% doctors and 30% nuries ignore the time of lunch break. Arrangement of time for holiday isn‘t successful enough as well. The data received was evaluated where 25% respondents claim that the... [to full text]

Siekiant geriau suprasti verslo organizacijų darbuotojų patiriamą darbinį stresą ir pasitenkinimą darbu, jų ryšio nustatymas pasirinktas šio tyrimo tikslu. Kad jį atskleistume, naudojome tris metodikas: Veiksnių, Sukeliančių Stresą Darbe, Įvertinimo Klausimyną (Gulbinaitė, 2007), Pasitenkinimo Darbu Skalę (Spector, 1985) ir Streso Įveikos Klausimyną (Grakauskas, Valickas, 2006), kuriomis ištirta 118 tiriamųjų. Gauti rezultatai parodė, jog vyrai, labiau nei moterys, patiria didesnį darbinį stresą, susijusį su darbo reikalavimais bei darbo santykiais. Tuo tarpu moterys, skirtingai nuo vyrų, patiria didesnį pasitenkinimą darbu, susijusį su darbo organizavimu. Skirtumų tarp jaunesnių (18-25m.) ir vyresnių (26-40m.) tiriamųjų darbinio streso ir pasitenkinimo darbu nenustatyta. Tačiau rasta, jog vyrų ir moterų grupėse darbiniam stresui didėjant, pasitenkinimas darbu mažėja. Taip pat gauta, jog ne visos streso įveikos strategijos susijusios tarpusavyje, su darbiniu stresu ir pasitenkinimu darbu. Nustatyta, jog trijose tiriamųjų, patirianči���� skirtingą darbinį stresą ir pasitenkinimą darbu, grupėse naudojamos streso įveikos strategijos skiriasi tik iš dalies. / In order to understand better the job stress and job satisfaction experienced by workers in business organizations, its link is chosen as the aim of this study. For this reason, there were used three methods: The Evaluations Questionnaire of Variables, That Cause Job Stress (Gulbinaite, 2007), Job Satisfaction Scale (Spector, 1985) and Coping with Stress Questionnaire (Grakauskas, Valickas, 2006). 118 participants took part in this study. The results indicated that men comparing with women experience a bigger job stress, connected with job requirements and job relations. Whereas women, differently than men, experience a bigger job satisfaction, connected with job planning. It was also found that there are no differences of job stress and job satisfaction in groups of younger (18-25 years) and older (26-40 years) participants. Moreover, the results indicated, that when job stress is going up, the job satisfaction is going down in men and women groups. Besides, just some stress coping strategies are interdependent, have connection with job stress and job satisfaction. Finally, stress coping strategies differ just in part in three participants groups, who experience different job stress and job satisfaction.

Darbo tikslas. Įvertinti Kauno miesto stacionarinių įstaigų reabilitacijos komandų specialistų pasitenkinimą darbu. Uždaviniai: Įvertinti reabilitacijos komandų specialistų pasitenkinimą darbu ir nustatyti su juo susijusius veiksnius, nustatyti reabilitacijos komandų specialistų profesinio tobulėjimo galimybes bei reabilitacijos specialistų komandos darbo ypatumus ir darbe iškylančias problemas Tyrimo metodika. Tyrimas buvo atliktas 2007 m. visuose Kauno m. reabilitacijos stacionaruose. Anoniminės apklausos būdu buvo apklausti 144 reabilitacijos komandų specialistai. Duomenų analizei apskaičiuoti imties požymių vidurkiai, standartinės paklaidos bei 95 proc. pasikliautinieji intervalai, Studento (t) kriterijus, dispersinė analizė (ANOVA), Spirmeno ranginės koreliacijos koeficientas. Rezultatai. 85,7 proc. apklaustųjų buvo patenkinti savo darbu. Pasitenkinimo darbu balų vidurkis - 4,2 (iš 5 galimų). 19,3 proc. respondentų norėtų keisti darbovietę ir tai susiję su jaunu respondentų amžiumi. Vyresnio amžiaus respondentai labiau patenkinti karjeros galimybėmis, pripažinimu, įstaigos politika bei darbu bendrai. Pasitenkinimas darbu susijęs su galimybėmis realizuoti savo sugebėjimus bei tobulėti, su atmosfera komandoje bei santykiais su tiesioginiu vadovu ir bendradarbiais. Respondentų požiūriu didžiausios reikšmės pasitenkinimui darbu turėjo – galimybė padėti žmonėms (78,5 proc. respondentų), santykiai su bendradarbiais (64,6 proc.), ir pati darbo esmė (59,7 proc.). Labiausiai... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Aim of the study. Evaluate job satisfaction among specialists of rehabilitation teams in Kaunas city in-patient institutions. Objectives. Evaluate job satisfaction among specialists of rehabilitation teams and establish the factors associated with it; establish the possibilities of professional training among specialists of rehabilitation teams; and peculiarities as well as problems emerging at rehabilitation teams’ work. Methods. The research was carried out at all six in-patient rehabilitation institutions of Kaunas in 2007. Anonymous questionnaire survey was carried out with 144 specialists of rehabilitation teams. Sample means, 95% confidence intervals, Spearman rank correlation, Student (t) test, analysis of variance (ANOVA) were applied for the statistical analysis of the data. Results. 85.7% of specialists of rehabilitation teams were satisfied with their job. The average score of job satisfaction was 4.2 (from 5). 19.3% of respondents would like to change their job place, and it was related with the young age of the respondents. Older respondents were more satisfied with the possibilities of career, recognition, institution’s policy and job in general if compared to the younger ones. Job satisfaction was associated with the possibilities to realize the skills and improve them, with team’s atmosphere and relationship with the direct chief and colleagues. Respondents indicated that the greatest significance to job satisfaction had possibility to help people (78.5%)... [to full text]