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 4 The effect of job characteristic on PES-NWI scale (Regression Model 1) and developed factors (Regression Model 2)

	REGRESION MODEL 1		REGRESION MODEL 2 (three factors, 19 statements)
	PES-NWI (32 statements)		F1 - Equal involvement of nurses and participation in hospital affairs		F2 - Collegial nurse-physician relationships		F3 - Nurse manager ability, leadership and support of nurses
	(R² = 0.480)		(R² = 0.404)		(R² = 0.268)		(R² = 0.354)
Variables	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p
Satisfaction – current job	0.183	< 0.001	0.065	0.093	-0.196	< 0.001	0.169	< 0.001
Satisfaction – career	0.010	0.753	0.030	0.363	0.010	0.788	0.048	0.155
Work schedule flexibility	0.021	0.545	-0.004	0.907	0.021	0.612	0.089	0.020
Opportunities for advancement	0.184	< 0.001	0.261	< 0.001	-0.119	< 0.001	0.101	0.016
Independence at work	0.068	0.067	0.058	0.140	-0.027	0.538	0.114	0.005
Professional status	0.150	< 0.001	0.056	0.170	-0.176	< 0.001	0.045	0.283
Wages	0.023	0.493	0.031	0.375	-0.045	0.245	-0.049	0.179
Educational opportunities	0.176	< 0.001	0.227	< 0.001	-0.084	0.047	0.210	< 0.001
Annual leave	0.005	0.894	0.003	0.935	0.032	0.467	0.011	0.785
Sick leave	0.044	0.275	0.000	0.995	-0.071	0.133	0.057	0.201
Study leave	0.91	0.016	0.133	0.001	-0.046	0.300	0.028	0.506
Education (HCA/BSN)	-0.083	0.003	-0.114	< 0.001	0.060	0.065	-0.024	0.437

Note. Note. R² = Adjusted R-Squared, β = Standard regression coefficient, p = P-value. F1 – Equal involvement of nurses and participation in hospital affairs, F2 – Collegial nurse-physician relationships, F3 – Nurse manager ability, leadership and support of nurses
**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)

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