Respiratory therapists' attitudes about participative decision making: relationship between managerial decision-making style and job satisfaction.
Respir Care
; 49(8): 917-25, 2004 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-15271231
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Studies of non-health-care work environments indicate that non-managerial employee job satisfaction is higher in companies that use participative (as opposed to autocratic) decision making. It has not been determined whether managerial decision-making style influences job satisfaction among respiratory therapists (RTs) and which managerial decision-making style RTs prefer.METHODS:
We surveyed Nebraska RTs' attitudes regarding their job satisfaction, their perceptions of their managers' decision-making styles (autocratic, consultative, and/or delegative), and which decision-making style they would prefer their managers to use. We sought to determine whether there is a significant correlation between RTs' perceptions of their managers' decision-making styles and the RTs' job satisfaction. The study population was 792 licensed and practicing non-managerial RTs in Nebraska, from which we randomly selected 565 RTs to survey. The self-administered, descriptive survey used 2 Likert scales (one for decision-making style and one for job satisfaction) and inquired about 57 items. The survey was mailed on October 1, 1999. On October 28, 1999, we sent a second mailing to RTs who had not responded.RESULTS:
We received 271 responses (response rate 47.9%). The respondents were generally satisfied with their jobs (mean +/- SD Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire score 73.46 +/- 11.63). The sub-scale scores ranged from 20 ("very dissatisfied") to 100 ("very satisfied"). The respondents did not want autocratic managerial decision making (mean +/- SD autocratic sub-scale score 4.29 +/- 0.60). Autocratic decision making was associated with lower job satisfaction (r = 0.49), whereas consultative and delegative decision making were associated with higher job satisfaction (r = -0.31 and -0.48, respectively). RTs who worked in departments that had < 25 RT employees reported higher job satisfaction than did RTs in larger departments (p = 0.029).CONCLUSIONS:
Our survey data indicate that (1) RTs prefer delegative and consultative managerial decision making, (2) job satisfaction was highest in departments that had < 25 RTs in the department and in which the manager practiced participative decision making. These findings offer guidance for organizing optimal work environments for RTs.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Gestão de Recursos Humanos
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Serviço Hospitalar de Terapia Respiratória
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Tomada de Decisões Gerenciais
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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde
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Satisfação no Emprego
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Respir Care
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article