JOB SATISFACTION OF PHARMACISTS IN ETHIOPIA: THE CASE OF HARAR TOWN
Keywords:
Job satisfaction, Pharmacy professional, Self administered questionnaireAbstract
Objective: To assess job satisfaction of pharmacists in Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia.
Methods: A prospective cross sectional study was conducted using the self administered questionnaire among pharmacy professionals working in Harar town, eastern Ethiopia from Feb 20 – Apr 20, 2014. Statistical analysis was carried out using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), version 16.0. Frequencies cross tabs and a non-parametric Mann-Whitney test was done to analyze data.
Results: Among 43 total respondents most 32(74.4%) were satisfied by their job and the rest 11(25.6%) are not satisfied by their job. Monthly income (P=0.002), years of experience (P=0.015), considering working in appropriate carrier (P=0.002) and given professional freedom by management (P=0.000) was found to have an association with job satisfaction.
Conclusion: Most of the respondents claimed that they were satisfied by their job and most of the respondents want to learn post graduate program in pharmacy in the future.
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