Measurement of Relative Significance of Attitude of Occupational Fulfillment Factors and Satisfaction Differences between Private and Public Hospital Nurses in Bangladesh

Abstract

Occupational fulfillment of healthcare professionals (nurses) in a developing country is especially important in terms of healthcare institutions (hospitals and clinics) service delivery. However, not enough recognition has been given to this noble profession yet. As a result, institutions did not focus enough on the fulfillment factors of the nurses. Ignorance about the said forces causes dissatisfaction among the nurses working in private and public institutions which ultimately a reason behind poor healthcare services. Therefore, this study attempts to appraise relative significance of occupational fulfillment forces of nursing profession in Bangladesh, which is an emerging developing nation of Southeast Asia. It also focuses to discover the impact differences of fulfillment forces between private and public institutions. Factor analysis have been conducted to convergent the variables. Result reveals significant impact of fulfillment variables on the performance. It also shows higher level of fulfillment on the private institution employees compare to the public institution nurses whose salary and other benefits are lesser than those.