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Published in: Neurological Sciences 3/2022

Open Access 01-03-2022 | Multiple Sclerosis | Original Article

Job satisfaction among physicians and nurses involved in the management of multiple sclerosis: the role of happiness and meaning at work

Authors: Luca Negri, Sabina Cilia, Monica Falautano, Monica Grobberio, Claudia Niccolai, Marianna Pattini, Erika Pietrolongo, Maria Esmeralda Quartuccio, Rosa Gemma Viterbo, Beatrice Allegri, Maria Pia Amato, Miriam Benin, Giovanna De Luca, Claudio Gasperini, Eleonora Minacapelli, Francesco Patti, Maria Trojano, Marta Bassi

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Issue 3/2022

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Abstract

Objective

Health professionals caring for persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) are faced with increasingly complex working conditions that can undermine their job satisfaction and the quality of their healthcare services. The aim of this study was to delve into health professionals’ job satisfaction by assessing the predictive role of happiness and meaning at work. Specifically, it was hypothesized that job meaning would moderate the relationship between job happiness and satisfaction.

Methods

The study hypothesis was tested among 108 healthcare professionals (53 physicians and 55 nurses) working in eight MS centers in Italy. Participants were administered the Eudaimonic and Hedonic Happiness Investigation and the Job Satisfaction Questionnaire. Hierarchical regression analysis was performed to test the moderating role of job meaning between job happiness and satisfaction.

Results

A significant interaction effect of job happiness and meaning on job satisfaction was identified for both physicians and nurses. When work was attributed low meaning, participants experiencing high job happiness were more satisfied with their work than those reporting low happiness; by contrast, when work was perceived as highly meaningful, participants’ levels of job happiness did not significantly contribute to job satisfaction.

Conclusions

Focusing on the interplay between job happiness and meaning, findings bring forward practical suggestions for the preservation and promotion of job satisfaction among health professionals working with MS patients. Particularly, they suggest the need to strengthen those job-related aspects that may enhance job meaning, thus providing health professionals with significant reasons to persevere in their work in the face of daily challenges.
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Metadata
Title
Job satisfaction among physicians and nurses involved in the management of multiple sclerosis: the role of happiness and meaning at work
Authors
Luca Negri
Sabina Cilia
Monica Falautano
Monica Grobberio
Claudia Niccolai
Marianna Pattini
Erika Pietrolongo
Maria Esmeralda Quartuccio
Rosa Gemma Viterbo
Beatrice Allegri
Maria Pia Amato
Miriam Benin
Giovanna De Luca
Claudio Gasperini
Eleonora Minacapelli
Francesco Patti
Maria Trojano
Marta Bassi
Publication date
01-03-2022
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Neurological Sciences / Issue 3/2022
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-021-05520-8

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