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The impact of the work conditions of allied health professionals on satisfaction, commitment and psychological distress.
Health Care Manage Rev. 2009 Jul-Sep; 34(3):273-83.HC

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Allied health professionals are integral to the effective delivery of hospital-based health care, yet little is known about the working conditions associated with the attitudinal and health outcomes of these employees.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which the demand-control-support model, in combination with organizational justice variables, predicts the employee-level outcomes of allied health professionals.

METHODOLOGY/APPROACH

Allied health professionals from an Australian health care organization were surveyed, with 113 (52.6%) participating. The survey included measures of job demands, job control, social support, organizational justice, satisfaction, commitment and psychological distress.

FINDINGS

Multiple regression analyses reveal that the additive demand-control-support model predicts the outcome variables of job satisfaction, organizational commitment and psychological distress, whereas the organizational justice variables predicted organizational commitment and psychological distress. Further, both work and nonwork sources of support, in addition to specific justice dimensions, were closely associated with employee-level outcomes.

PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS

When coupled with previous research involving social support and organizational justice, the findings from this study suggest that initiatives aimed at strengthening supervisor and nonwork support, while enhancing perceptions of organizational fairness, may offer useful avenues for increasing the levels of satisfaction, commitment and well-being experienced by allied health professionals.

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Authors+Show Affiliations

Rodwell J
Deakin Business School, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia. john.rodwell@deakin.edu.au
Noblet A
No affiliation info available
Demir D
No affiliation info available
Steane P
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdultAllied Health PersonnelAustraliaFemaleHumansJob SatisfactionMaleMiddle AgedModels, TheoreticalPersonnel LoyaltyStress, PsychologicalSurveys and QuestionnairesWorkplaceYoung Adult

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

19625832

Citation

Rodwell, John, et al. "The Impact of the Work Conditions of Allied Health Professionals On Satisfaction, Commitment and Psychological Distress." Health Care Management Review, vol. 34, no. 3, 2009, pp. 273-83.
Rodwell J, Noblet A, Demir D, et al. The impact of the work conditions of allied health professionals on satisfaction, commitment and psychological distress. Health Care Manage Rev. 2009;34(3):273-83.
Rodwell, J., Noblet, A., Demir, D., & Steane, P. (2009). The impact of the work conditions of allied health professionals on satisfaction, commitment and psychological distress. Health Care Management Review, 34(3), 273-83. https://doi.org/10.1097/HMR.0b013e31819e76da
Rodwell J, et al. The Impact of the Work Conditions of Allied Health Professionals On Satisfaction, Commitment and Psychological Distress. Health Care Manage Rev. 2009 Jul-Sep;34(3):273-83. PubMed PMID: 19625832.
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