Changes in job satisfaction among doctors in Norway from 2010 to 2017: a study based on repeated surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess job satisfaction for different categories of Norwegian doctors from 2010 to 2016-2017.

Design

Cross-sectional surveys in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016-2017 of partly overlapping samples.

Setting

Norway from 2010 to 2016-2017.

Participants

Doctors working in different job positions (hospital doctors, general practitioners (GPs), private practice specialists, doctors in academia). Response rates were 67% (1014/1520) in 2010, 71% (1279/1792) in 2012, 75% (1158/1545) in 2014 and 73% (1604/2195) in 2016-2017. The same 548 doctors responded at all four points in time.

Main outcome measure

Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS), a 10-item widely used instrument, with scores ranging from 1 (low satisfaction) to 7 (high satisfaction) for each item, and an u

SUBMITTER: Rosta J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6738724 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature