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An Examination of the Relationship between Some Aspects of Workplace Spirituality and Job Satisfaction among Female Nurses in India
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Job satisfaction is one of the most important reasons that influences a nurse’s intention to quit the profession. Hospitals are places where nurses seek their social identity as well as a sense of community. Hospitals need to assume a proactive mode and create an environment that would enable nurses to express themselves holistically and derive satisfaction. The current study tries to explore the relationship between some aspects of workplace spirituality and job satisfaction among nurses in India. Questionnaires were mailed to a random sample of 600 nurses of private hospitals in Mumbai. Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis were used to analyse the data. It was seen that only Sense of community and Organizational values were significant predictors of job satisfaction among nurses. This study is the first of its kind in the nursing context in the Indian sub-continent.
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Job Satisfaction, Nurses, Organizational Values, Sense of Community, Workplace Spirituality.
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