The role of collective labor contracts and individual characteristics on job satisfaction in Tuscan nursing homes

Conclusion: Although working conditions play a relevant role in the job satisfaction of aides, labor contracts do not seem to affect it. Interestingly, aides of the NHs with the contract having the best conditions register a significantly lower level of satisfaction compared to the NHs with the worst contract conditions. This suggests that organizational factors such as culture, team work, and other characteristics, which were not explicitly considered in this study, may be more powerful sources of worker satisfaction than labor contracts. Practice Implications: Our analysis has value as a management tool to consider alternative sources as well as the labor contract for employee incentives.
Source: Health Care Management Review - Category: American Health Tags: Features Source Type: research