How nurses’ job characteristics affect their self-assessed work environment in hospitals— Slovenian use of the practice environment scale of the nursing work index

Table 3 Reported job characteristics, differences BSN/HCA and explorative analysis between variables

Variables	n	M (SD)	HCA/BSN p	F1	F2	F3
Satisfaction – current job	1,003	2.96 (0.733)	0.002	0.411^**	-0.424^**	0.464^**
Satisfaction – career	988	2.89 (0.791)	<0.001	0.269^**	-0.220^**	0.292^**
Work environment rate (PES-NWI)	998	2.65 (0.750)	0.682	0.430^**	-0.423^**	0.502^**
Aspects of job
1-Work schedule flexibility	1,000	2.83 (0.910)	0.002	0.361^**	-0.302^**	0.415^**
2-Opportunities for advancement	1,000	2.55 (0.958)	<0.001	0.542^**	-0.397^**	0.455^**
3-Independence at work	995	2.98 (0.792)	0.002	0.421^**	-0.355^**	0.445^**
4-Professional status	1,003	2.79 (0.947)	0.009	0.438^**	-0.434^**	0.432^**
5-Wages	1,002	2.18 (0.952)	<0.001	0.358^**	-0.308^**	0.293^**
6-Educational opportunities	1,004	2.69 (0.898)	<0.001	0.524^**	-0.372^**	0.481^**
7-Annual leave	1,001	2.89 (0.889)	<0.001	0.369^**	-0.295^**	0.367^**
8-Sick leave	936	2.99 (0.896)	0.052	0.349^**	-0.308^**	0.353^**
9-Study leave	829	2.75 (1.031)	0.122	0.423^**	-0.321^**	0.358^**
Factors of PES-NWI
F1 - Equal involvement of nurses and their participation in hospital affairs	861	2.60 (0.85)	0.528	1
F2 - Collegial nurse-physician relationships	861	2.59 (0.831)	0.792	-0.618^**	1
F3 - Nurse manager ability, leadership and support of nurses	861	3.16 (0.80)	0.081	0.523^**	-0.539^**	1

Note. n – Number of answers, M – Mean (4-point scale), SD – Standard deviation, p = P-value
**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)

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