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Abstract (Chapter One) Job Satisfaction in Shared Governance Candice L. Benne 1992 Introduction There are over five million people employed in health-related occupations. The largest number of workers in this field are nurses who comprise one-half of the total workforce (Torrens & Lewis, 1982). Many of these nurses are frustrated because they fell they are not allowed to use the range of talents developed by their education. The National Commission on Nursing (1981) identified five major categories of problems in nursing: (1) the status and image of nursing; (2) the interface of nursing education and practice; (3) the effective management of nursing resources; (4) the relationships among nurses, medical staff, and hospital administrators; and (5) the maturing of nursing as a self-determining profession. Two primary factors combined caused the Commission to identify the five problems. The first factor was the nurses’ place of employment. Despite their numbers and educational level, nurses were more likely to be employed in low-status positions. As a consequence, they had little power or status in the organization. Nurses received inadequate rewards for the work they performed.
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