Effect of Nurses’ Autonomy Levels and Problem-Solving Skills on Job Satisfaction

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to determine the effect of nurses’ autonomy levels and problem-solving skills on job satisfaction and was conducted in public, private and university hospital between July and September 2021.

Methods: This descriptive and relational – screening study was conducted with 278 nurses. Data were collected through the Socio-demographic Form, the Problem-Solving Inventory, the Sociotrophy-Autonomy Scale, and the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (MJSQ). Data were analyzed using SPSS 26 and AMOS 24 programs using numbers, percentages, minimum/maximum values, means, and standard deviation values.

Results: Modern mediation analysis findings performed using the Bootstrap method showed that the indirect effect of the autonomy score on the overall satisfaction score with the mediation of the problem-solving skills was significant (p<.05).

Conclusion: Problem-solving skills were found to have a partial mediating role in the effect of nurses’ autonomy levels on their job satisfaction.