Associations between Work Activity and Work Setting Categories and Dimensions of Pharmacists’ Quality of Work Life
The goal for this study was to use data from the most recently conducted National Pharmacist Workforce Survey to compare eight components of quality of work life for actively practicing pharmacists in the United States categorized by (1) work activity and (2) work setting. The eight components of qu...
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| description | The goal for this study was to use data from the most recently conducted National Pharmacist Workforce Survey to compare eight components of quality of work life for actively practicing pharmacists in the United States categorized by (1) work activity and (2) work setting. The eight components of quality of work life were: (1) time stress; (2) responsibility stress; (3) level of control; (4) work in harmony with home life; (5) home life in harmony with work; (6) job satisfaction; (7) professional commitment; and (8) organizational commitment. Data for this study were obtained from the 2014 National Pharmacist Workforce Survey. For inclusion in analysis, respondents needed to report that they were practicing as a pharmacist. In addition, they needed to provide usable responses for both their percent time devoted to medication providing and to patient care services. This resulted in a total of 1191 responses for the analysis. Data were analyzed using cluster analysis, factor analysis, Cronbach coefficient alpha, chi-square analysis, ANOVA, and linear regression. The findings provide a description of pharmacists’ quality of work life in 2014 and show how type of work, variety of work, and work setting categories are associated with quality of work life for pharmacists. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-545a69a13a124da69b20010bc3f359042022-12-22T01:57:52ZengMDPI AGPharmacy2226-47872018-07-01636210.3390/pharmacy6030062pharmacy6030062Associations between Work Activity and Work Setting Categories and Dimensions of Pharmacists’ Quality of Work LifeJon C. Schommer0Caroline A. Gaither1William R. Doucette2David H. Kreling3David A. Mott4College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, 308 Harvard Street, S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USACollege of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, 308 Harvard Street, S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USACollege of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, S518 PHAR, Iowa City, IA 52242, USASchool of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USASchool of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USAThe goal for this study was to use data from the most recently conducted National Pharmacist Workforce Survey to compare eight components of quality of work life for actively practicing pharmacists in the United States categorized by (1) work activity and (2) work setting. The eight components of quality of work life were: (1) time stress; (2) responsibility stress; (3) level of control; (4) work in harmony with home life; (5) home life in harmony with work; (6) job satisfaction; (7) professional commitment; and (8) organizational commitment. Data for this study were obtained from the 2014 National Pharmacist Workforce Survey. For inclusion in analysis, respondents needed to report that they were practicing as a pharmacist. In addition, they needed to provide usable responses for both their percent time devoted to medication providing and to patient care services. This resulted in a total of 1191 responses for the analysis. Data were analyzed using cluster analysis, factor analysis, Cronbach coefficient alpha, chi-square analysis, ANOVA, and linear regression. The findings provide a description of pharmacists’ quality of work life in 2014 and show how type of work, variety of work, and work setting categories are associated with quality of work life for pharmacists.http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/6/3/62pharmacist workforcequality of work life |
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| title | Associations between Work Activity and Work Setting Categories and Dimensions of Pharmacists’ Quality of Work Life |
| title_full | Associations between Work Activity and Work Setting Categories and Dimensions of Pharmacists’ Quality of Work Life |
| title_fullStr | Associations between Work Activity and Work Setting Categories and Dimensions of Pharmacists’ Quality of Work Life |
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| title_short | Associations between Work Activity and Work Setting Categories and Dimensions of Pharmacists’ Quality of Work Life |
| title_sort | associations between work activity and work setting categories and dimensions of pharmacists quality of work life |
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