The Causal Model of Factors Affecting Head Nurses' Happiness at Workplace in Secondary Hospital, Regional Health 3

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) develop the causal of factors affecting head nurses' happiness at workplace in secondary healthcare hospital region 3 and 2) validate the linear structural of causal model of factors with empirical data. In the present study, a causal relationship model was employed. The sample consisted of 104 head nurses by means of purposive sampling. The research variables consisted of 4 latent variables: perception of justice in the organization factors, awareness of the value of nursing profession factors,job satisfaction factors and factors of happiness at work. All latent variables were measured by 13 observable variables. The survey data were collected by using a five-point Likert scale questionnaire. The statistical analysis included descriptive statistics, frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient, and Liner structural model analysis was done by statistical package. The research findings were as follows: The causal factors affecting head nurses' happiness at workplace in secondary hospital region 3 were three factors. Ranking from high to low mean scores were: awareness of the value of nursing profession, job satisfaction, perception of justice in the organization.This three causal factors consisted of 13 observable variables. The causal model of factors affecting head nurses' happiness at workplace in secondary hospital region 3 was valid and fit to the empirical data. The model indicated that Chi-square (x2) = 20.15, df = 26, Comparative Fit Index (CFI) = 1.00, Root Mean Squares Error of Approximation (RMSEA) = 0.00, Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI) = 1.02 Standardized Root Mean Square Residual (SRMR) = 0.03. The job satisfaction factors in the model could explain the variance of head nurses' happiness at workplace being 37%. The happiness at workwas indirectly influenced by the factors perception of justice in the organization effecting through job satisfaction with the path coefficients of 0.42 and was indirectly influenced by the factors of awareness of the value of nursing profession effecting through job satisfaction with the path coefficients of 0.32. The happiness at work was directly influenced by the factors of job satisfaction with the path coefficients of 0.66.