Individual Characteristics, Work Assignments, and Job Satisfication of Navy Hospital Corpsmen,
Abstract
Relationships among individual characteristics, work assignments, and job satisfaction were evaluated for 776 Navy hospital corpsmen (HMs) who had been on the job for approximately two years. Ability, interest in health care work, and personality characteristics were related to first enlistment work assignments received by HMs. Substantial work setting differences also were found to affect job satisfaction of HMs; the most satisfying positions were located in relatively clean and spacious facilities, provided more frequent contact with health care professionals, and involved more complex and challenging work activities. The perceived satisfactoriness of particular work assignments was related to an HM's own characteristics. Administrative support positions, particularly those located in medical centers, appeared to be most affected by congruence between individual characteristics and job demands. This finding suggested the need for special procedures to identify individuals with the greatest potential for adjusting satisfactorily to an administrative work role.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA147681
Entities
People
- M. S. Mcnally
- R. F. Booth
Organizations
- Naval Health Research Center