Job stress and job satisfaction: home care workers in a consumer-directed model of care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate determinants of job satisfaction among home care workers in a consumer-directed model.

Data sources/setting

Analysis of data collected from telephone interviews with 1,614 Los Angeles home care workers on the state payroll in 2003.

Data collection and analysis

Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine the odds of job satisfaction using job stress model domains of demands, control, and support.

Principal findings

Abuse from consumers, unpaid overtime hours, and caring for more than one consumer as well as work-health demands predict less satisfaction. Some physical and emotional demands of the dyadic care relationship are unexpectedly associated with greater job satisfaction. Social support and control, indicated by

SUBMITTER: Delp L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2910562 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature