임상간호사의 직무 스트레스와 직무만족도에 대한 사회적 지지의 저절효과

The Moderating Effects of Social Support between Job Stress and Job Satisfaction in Staff Nurses

Purpose: This paper was attempted to focused on the analysis of job stress and job satisfaction according to the moderating effects of social support. Method: Data collected from 302 staff nurses in 2 general hospitals, with self-reporting questionnaires( Wolfgang s HPSI, modified Hagihara s social support, and MSQ). Descriptive statistics, Cronbach s alpha, Pearson correlation, ANOVA, and moderated regression analysis were used. Result: The subjects exhibited significantly highest level of the work and patients conditions . The perceived job stress was negatively correlated with supervisor and co-workers support, and job satisfactions. Also supervisor and coworkers support were positively correlated with job satisfactions. The main factor that affected the job satisfactions was work and patient conditions and it was explained 35.5% out of the total variance of the job satisfactions with the work load and disturbing factor , supervisor support and co-workers support . Supervisor support moderated the relationships between the patient care responsibilities and career development factor and satisfaction. Conclusion: For developing the stress management program for hospital nurses, the work and patients conditions , and the strategies of strengthening supervisor and co-workers support should be considered. In addition to, it may be considered to examine the effects of social support on the other criterion variables.