Association between job stress and job satisfaction among Iranian Gynecologists

The positive outcomes of job satisfaction (job satisfaction) lead to increasing the productivity (promotion on ability) ensuring the physical and mental health, and increasing the speed of Training New job skills. This study evaluated the effects of occupational stress on job satisfaction. The study sample consisted of gynecologists. 130 subjects were selected by sampling method. The instruments include a questionnaire of 35 questions on hospital stress and 45 questions of job satisfaction. Results indicated that the five components of job stress, can significantly predict job satisfaction which explains in total, 79% of the variance in job satisfaction. the results of Friedman test showed that the components of job satisfaction (nature of the work itself) has the first rank, salary and benefits (compensations and benefits) has the second rank and job promotion (promotion opportunities) has the third rank. Results also showed that specialists under 40 years of age have higher job satisfaction than 41 to 50 years old and 51 to 60 years old groups. It seems that job stress is one of the negative factors on job satisfaction among gynecologists. [Morteza Salimi, Minoo Rajai, Hamid Haghighi, Masoud Shareghi, Mojtaba Salimi, Sakineh Fallahi, Seyed Reza Mirsoleymani, Ali Akbar Hesam, Soghra Fallahi, Fatemeh Zare, Sakineh Dadipour. Association between job stress and job satisfaction among Iranian Gynecologists. Life Sci J 2012; 9(4):3583-3586] (ISSN: 1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 530