A Study of Career Satisfaction about Female Physicians
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Lin, Pei-Ying
Abstract
In recent years, more and more females entered the medical job field. However, only a few of them reached to a higher level. Researches indicate that, in Taiwan and other countries, female physicians suffered from sex discrimination, work-family (family-work) conflict, lack of mentors, heavy work overload, and low control of work environment. It is a paradox that no matter how difficult the situation is, almost all female physicians are satisfied with their careers.he research divided female physicians in four generations, and selected the ones who work in regional hospitals or medical centers in urban area, and surveyed with mailing questionnaires. The response rate was 30.7%, and multiple regression was used to acknowledge what the main factor to career satisfaction was.he research found that work-family conflict (family-work conflict) was the main factor to affect career satisfaction. Female physicians who feel more conflict would feel less satisfied. And younger physicians were less satisfied than senior physicians, because they needed to pay more attention to childcare.All kinds of mentors and awareness of gender equality were helpless with career satisfaction.ccording to the result, it is recommended that Law of Gender Equality should be implemented completely. Hospitals could corporate with National Nanny Association to ask for help. In long-term, government should enhance the education of gender equality. Also, hospitals could increase work flexibility for female physicians to utilize female physicians’ use of time.
Subjects
Female Physicians
Career Satisfaction
Work-Family Conflict
Family-Work Conflict
Mentors
Gender Equality
Type
thesis
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