A Study of the Current Work Conditions、Job Characteristics and Professional Commitment Among Ob/Gynecologists
Date Issued
2011
Date
2011
Author(s)
Chung-Ming, Chen
Abstract
With the changing medical environment of Taiwan, the impaction does not only affect the present structure and the future development of Gynecology and Obstetrics, it also affect the young doctors'' choices to be a OB/Gynecologist. Though the numbers of female physicians who join Gynecology and Obstetrics are more than male physicians in recent years, the men power of Taiwan''s Gynecology and Obstetrics remain shortage. Our study aimed to survey the active practice OB/Gynecologist by means of analyzing their present job conditions, their perceptions on job characteristics, professional commitment and turnover tendency, further we discuss the relationship among them.
Our sample included 228 OB/Gynecologists in different settings in Taiwan''s regional hospitals and above. Those OB/Gynecologists, aged 30 - 50, were chosen by random. We issued each one a questionnaire and received 112 effective copies. The response rate is 49.1%. The data collection is by paper instrument combined structure questionnaire.
Our findings are:
1. In present job conditions, the case numbers of child
delivery and OB/Gyn surgery shows M-shaped distribution.
2.Task autonomy and feedback are positively correlated with
affective commitment(p<0.001), task identity and
significance are positively correlated with continuance
commitment (p<0.01).
3.Multiple regression analysis show:
a) female OB/Gynecologists have higher affective
commitment than male OB/Gynecologists do; meanwhile,
male OB/Gynecologists have higher continuance
commitment than female OB/Gynecologists do. Sex factor
is not significant when corss-link interacting with
gender equality and work-family conflict variants.
b) professional commitment is correlated with the
impellent of job, this correlation can be affected by
gender equality consciousness.
c) professional commitment predicts turnover tendency.
According to this study, we suggest:
1.further study to analysis the correlation between M-
shaped distribution of job loading and professional
commitment.
2.medical institute elevate the impellent of job in order
to stimulate the professional commitment.
3.when doing item 2, it''s better to keep the balance
between OB/Gynecologist''s task autonomy and efficacy of
institute.
Subjects
OB/Gynecologist
Job Characteristic
Professional Commitment
Turnover Tendency
Gender Equality
Work-Family Conflict
SDGs
Type
thesis
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