The Factors Influencing Work Happiness of Professional Nurses at a Private Hospital in Bangkok Metropolitan

Abstract

          The purposes of this descriptive research were: 1) to study level of  happiness at work and team work 2) to predict happiness at work of professional nurses at a private hospital in Bangkok Metropolitan by using teamwork as a predictor. The sample of 90 professional nurses who had work experience more than one year was selected by purposive sampling. The research instrument consisted of team work questionnaire and happiness at work questionnaire, which applied from Panchit's and Romig's   concept. The content validity index (CVI) of the questionnaires were 0.98 and 0.96 respectively, and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient were 0.974 and 0.987 respectively. The data were analyzed for percentage, mean, standard deviation, and simple  regression analysis. The research findings were 1) work happiness of professional nurses and the team work at a private hospital in Bangkok Metropolitan were at the high level (x̄= 3.73, S.D. = 0.50;   x̄= 3.62, S.D. = 0.57 respectively). 2) team work could predict work happiness of professional nurses at p < .001. It accounted for 40.3 percent of the variance. The researcher suggested that nursing administrator should set up the policy to promote work happiness for professional nurse by creating team work in a hospital.