The correlation between nurse's self-esteem and job satisfaction in Educational hospitals of Khorramabad in 2014

Backgroun and Self-esteem is the basic structure and essence of self-assessment and positive selfperception as one of the potential variables of job satisfaction. Employees’ job satisfaction is a career attitude, is an important variable for providing better services. The aim of this study is the determination the correlation between nurses’ self-esteem and job satisfaction in teaching Khorramabad, Iran in 2014.Method and Materials: This descriptive study was carried out in Khorramabad, Iranr in 20. A convenient sample of 170 nurses participated in the study. Data were collected by 3 questionnaires: demographic characteristics of participants, Cooper-Smith Self-Esteem Inventory, and Wysocki & Chrome Job Satisfaction Scheme. ¡The validity of questionnaires was assured by content validity method. The reliability of the instruments was determined by computing Chronbach's Alpha. The questionnaires were distributed to nurses working in different shift works, which were completed and returned. Data were analyzed using SPSS 18 software. Considering the self s steem scores of nurses, 25.9% were classified, as being at low self esteem level, 55. 9% at the average level and 18. 2% at the high self esteem level, while 23. 5% were at the low job satisfaction level, 64. 7% were at the average job satisfaction level and 11. 8% in were at the high job satisfaction level. Spearman correlation coefficients for correlation between self-esteem and job satisfaction was(r = 0. 381) (p = 0. 001), which shows a significant correlation between self-esteem and job satisfaction. The spearman correlation coefficients for age/work experience and self-esteem were (r = 0. 132) and (r = 0. 154), respectively, (p = 0. 086) and (p = 0. 045), respectively. There is a significant correlation between self-esteem and work experience, yet there is no significant correlation between self-esteem and age. The spearman correlation coefficients between, work experience and job satisfaction were (r = 0. 278) and (r = 0. 274), respectively, (p = 0. 001). The correlation between age and job satisfaction is significant. According to the research results, it could be mentioned that there is a relationship between both variables of self-esteem and job satisfaction among the nurses. It is recommended to consider self-esteem and its promotion methods as a strategy to increase nurses’ job satisfaction.