Satisfacción laboral y clima organizacional en médicos y enfermeras de centros de salud en la ciudad de Quito

Abstract

The objective of this research is to establish the relationship between job satisfaction factors and organisational climate in doctors and nurses of health centres in the city of Quito. To meet this objective, two psychological items were applied (Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire and Work Climate Scale) to evaluate the differences in the perceptions of the participants in the research. This research was based on a non-experimental quantitative approach with a transversal cut, the population sample is made up of 70 doctors and nurses from public and private health centres in the city of Quito. The results obtained in this research reflect a significant correlation between the variables considered. It was possible to identify that job satisfaction is higher in the private sector than in the public sector, and that the variable representing organisational climate is higher in the private sector than in the public sector. Likewise, a high index of job satisfaction was obtained within the population studied, and it was also evident that the workers feel satisfied with the organisational climate.