Measurement of Relative Significance of Attitude of Occupational Fulfillment Factors and Satisfaction Differences between Private and Public Hospital Nurses in Bangladesh

Abstract

Occupational fulfillment of healthcare professionals (nurses) in a developing country is especially important in terms of healthcare institutions (hospitals and clinics) service delivery. However, not enough recognition has been given to this noble profession yet. As a result, institutions did not focus enough on the fulfillment factors of the nurses. Ignorance about the importance of occupational fulfillment of nurses is prevalent in private healthcare institutions which ultimately is lagging behind poor healthcare services. Therefore, this study attempts to appraise relative occupational fulfillment factors of nursing professionals in Bangladesh, which is an emerging developing nation of Southeast Asia. It also focuses to identify the differences between the occupational fulfillment factors of nurses working in private and public healthcare institutions to convergent the variables. Result reveals significant impact of fulfillment variables on the performance. It also shows that the occupational fulfillment of private institution employees compare to the public institution nurses whose salary and other benefits are lower than these.