A Study on Job Satisfaction of Nurses in Kingdom of Bahrain

The study aims to explore the factors affecting job satisfaction and to measure level of job satisfaction of nurses based on Job Descriptive Index (JDI). The study covers two government hospitals in Bahrain, namely Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC) and Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) hospital to measure job satisfaction of nurses.

The study used descriptive research design to collect primary data by survey method through questionnaire. A sample size of 100 was chosen to administer the questionnaire based on customized JDI: pay, supervisor, promotion, co-worker and nature of work. The findings of the study were critically interpreted to cover the objectives of the study. Salary and education were perceived as very important factors affecting job satisfaction. Even if the nurses seemed not so satisfied with pay and promotion policy overall job satisfaction found to be high among the nurses in these hospitals. Motivation, Quality of work, observance of rules and regulation and ability to organize and schedule workloads were identified as important factors affecting job performance.  The result pointed out that willingness to perform and adaptability also play important role in job performance. Respondents believed that job satisfaction and performance are positively related. Given the right environment, facilities, motivation, recognition, good pay, satisfied nurses are going to perform better in these hospitals