Relationship between effort–reward imbalance, job satisfaction, and intention to leave the profession among the medical staff of Qom University of Medical Sciences†

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Sex
Female	165	81.7
Male	37	18.3
Marital status
Single	79	39.1
Married	123	60.9
Education
Associate degree	24	11.9
Graduate	156	77.2
Master's degree	13	6.4
Ph.D.	7	3.5
Proficiency	2	1.0
Employment status
Official hiring	75	37.1
Experimental employment	26	12.9
Employment contract	43	21.3
Contractual	28	13.9
Corporative	30	14.9
Organization position
Doctor	7	3.5
Nurse	89	44.1
Midwife	32	15.8
Anesthesia	28	13.9
Operating Room Technician	40	19.8
Para clinic	6	3.0
Child number
0	96	47.5
1	40	19.8
2	54	26.7
3	12	5.9

Table 2

The mean and SD job satisfaction, effort–rewards imbalance, and ILP.

Variables	Mean ± SD	Minimum	Maximum
Age	32.04 ± 7.90	22	76
Job history	7.96 ± 6.62	1	30
Child number	0.94 ± 1.06	0	5
The ILP	40.7 ± 10.30	15.00	67.00
ERI: effort–rewards imbalance	70.6 ± 8.60	43.00	107.00
ERI effort	19.4 ± 3.90	10.00	30.00
ERI deserved reward	15.4 ± 3.10	5.00	24.00
ERI promotion bonus	10.2 ± 3.06	4.00	20.00
ERI security bonus	5.9 ± 1.30	2.00	10.00
ERI commitment	19.5 ± 3.90	8.00	30.00
ERI reward	31.7 ± 5.80	16.00	51.00
Job satisfaction	36.8 ± 9.50	13.00	57.00
Job score	68.6 ± 13.20	32.00	100.00
Boss score	52.1 ± 11.50	14.00	70.00
Coworker score	37.9 ± 8.80	11.00	55.00
Promotion score	20.09 ± 6.80	7.00	50.00
Wage score	17.5 ± 5.04	6.00	30.00
Work condition score	18.8 ± 7.60	9.00	45.00

[i] Note: ERI, effort–reward imbalance; ILP, intention to leave the profession; SD, standard deviation.

Table 3

Correlations between ILP and the scores of ERI and satisfaction job and its dimensions.

Variable	Correlation^*	P-value
ERI
ERI	0.079	0.263
Effort	0.318	<0.001
Deserved reward	−0.157	0.025
Promotion bonus	−0.247	<0.001
Security	−0.081	0.251
Bonus commitment work	0.197	0.005
Reward	−0.236	<0.001
Job satisfaction
Job score	−0.417	<0.001
Boss Score	−0.262	<0.001
Coworker score	−0.292	<0.001
Promotion score	−0.394	<0.001
Wage score	−0.271	<0.001
Work condition score	−0.396	<0.001

Note:

* The results of Pearson correlation coefficient test.

ERI, effort–reward imbalance; ILP, intention to leave the profession.

Table 4

Relationship between ILP and ERI and JDI with demographic characteristics.

Variable	ILP		ERI		JDI
Variable	Mean ± SD	P-value	Mean ± SD	P-value	Mean ± SD	P-value
Gender		0.933		0.224		0.897
Male	54.1 ± 13.8		61.7 ± 7.16		68.6 ± 13.09
Female	55.3 ± 13.6		60.09 ± 8.81		68.3 ± 14.07
Marital status		0.390		0.398		0.713
Single	54.49 ± 14.7		62.02 ± 8.09		69.06 ± 14.3
Married	54.3 ± 13.15		61.08 ± 7.09		68.3 ± 12.5
Employment status		0.400		0.659		0.065
Official hiring	54.6 ± 14.5		62.1 ± 8.5		68.7 ± 12.6
Experimental employment	59 ± 18.9		58.4 ± 9.9		67.5 ± 15.2
Contract employment	56.03 ± 10.9		61.7 ± 5.8		70.6 ± 9.2
Contractual	52 ± 13.2		59.7 ± 9.5		68.09 ± 17.2
Service plan staff	51.5 ± 13.07		61.3 ± 6.7		70.2 ± 13.2
Corporative	58.2 ± 16.5		59.7 ± 4.80		56 ± 18.2
Organization position		0.545		0.328		0.049
Doctor	48.95 ± 7.9		61.4 ± 6.10		68.6 ± 13.2
Nurse	54.9 ± 14.17		62.3 ± 7.6		52.06 ± 11.2
Midwife	49.7 ± 16.4		63.9 ± 5.4		49.7 ± 8.3
Anesthesia	58.5 ± 10.08		57.3 ± 7.7		51.6 ± 9.5
Operating room technician	53.3 ± 11.06		60.1 ± 5.4		53.9 ± 14.3
Para clinic	64.8 ± 19.9		63.7 ± 16.6		51.3 ± 13.2
Education		0.062		0.78		0.067
Associate degree	51.05 ± 10.8		59.2 ± 8.03		52.3 ± 7.12
Graduate	54.2 ± 14.17		61.8 ± 6.9		56.06 ± 5.4
Master's degree	64.10 ± 12.9		62.4 ± 11.7		60.12 ± 10.23
Ph.D.	49.7 ± 9.09		55.7 ± 6.9		51.05 ± 10.8

[i] Note: ERI, effort–reward imbalance; ILP, intention to leave the profession; SD, standard deviation.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2544-8994 | Journal ISSN: 2097-5368

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Language: English

Page range: 11 - 18

Submitted on: Jun 27, 2021

Accepted on: Aug 10, 2021

Published on: Apr 13, 2022

Published by: Shanxi Medical Periodical Press

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Keywords:

effort-reward imbalance,

intention to leave the profession,

satisfaction job

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