IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/plo/pone00/0262665.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Development and psychometric properties of Iranian midwives job satisfaction instrument (MJSI): A sequential exploratory study

Author

Listed:
  • Ashraf Direkvand-Moghadam
  • Nasrin Rashan
  • Mona Bahmani
  • Safoura Taheri

Abstract

Background: Job satisfaction refers to a person’s attitude toward his/her job and its various aspects. Job satisfaction improves the quality of service and employees’ physical and mental health. The present study aimed to design a valid and reliable instrument to assess Iranian midwives job satisfaction instrument (MJSI). Methods: This is a sequential exploratory study for tool design. This study in two phases; (qualitative and tool’s psychometric evaluation) was conducted in Ilam, Iran, 2019 years. In the first phase, a qualitative content analysis was carried out by in-depth and semi-structured individual interviews with 10 experts. Then, the pool of items extracted from the qualitative phase was completed by reviewing the existing texts and tools. The second phase of the study involved reducing the overlapping items and validating the tool. In order to investigate the construct validity, a cross sectional study was conducted with the participation of 121 midwives with census sampling. Data analysis was performed by SPSS-19 software using exploratory factor analysis and reliability tests (Cronbach’s alpha). Results: In the qualitative phase and after reviewing the existing texts and tools by the research team, a 58-item questionnaire was developed and then entered into the psychometric phase. Then, the tool was finalized with five factors, including: 1) communication features, 2) professional features, 3) responsibility aspects, 4) physical-mental aspects and 5) social aspects, respectively. After the psychometric process, by removing the items in different stages, a specific questionnaire was developed to measure the midwives’ job satisfaction with 25 items which explained a total of 49.95% of the total variance. Reliability of the tool was approved by Cronbach’s alpha = 0.71 and test-retest with 2-weeks intervals, indicating an appropriate stability for the scale (ICC = 0.898). Conclusion: The 25-item self-reporting midwives job satisfaction tool had acceptable validity and reliability. We recommend the use of this tool for evaluating the job satisfaction of midwives, as well as management and research purposes.

Suggested Citation

  • Ashraf Direkvand-Moghadam & Nasrin Rashan & Mona Bahmani & Safoura Taheri, 2022. "Development and psychometric properties of Iranian midwives job satisfaction instrument (MJSI): A sequential exploratory study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(1), pages 1-12, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0262665
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262665
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0262665
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0262665&type=printable
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1371/journal.pone.0262665?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Dianne Bloxsome & Deborah Ireson & Gemma Doleman & Sara Bayes, 2019. "Factors associated with midwives’ job satisfaction and intention to stay in the profession: An integrative review," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 28(3-4), pages 386-399, February.
    2. Eyasu Tamru Bekru & Amsale Cherie & Antehun Alemayehu Anjulo, 2017. "Job satisfaction and determinant factors among midwives working at health facilities in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(2), pages 1-16, February.
    3. Safoura Taheri & Mahmoud Tavousi & Zohre Momenimovahed & Ashraf Direkvand-Moghadam & Azita Tiznobaik & Zainab Suhrabi & Ziba Taghizadeh, 2020. "Development and psychometric properties of maternal health literacy inventory in pregnancy," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(6), pages 1-14, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Ji An & Yun Liu & Yujie Sun & Chen Liu, 2020. "Impact of Work–Family Conflict, Job Stress and Job Satisfaction on Seafarer Performance," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(7), pages 1-14, March.
    2. Yu-Chia Chang & Te-Feng Yeh & I-Ju Lai & Cheng-Chia Yang, 2021. "Job Competency and Intention to Stay among Nursing Assistants: The Mediating Effects of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Job Satisfaction," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(12), pages 1-14, June.
    3. María Jesús Valero-Chillerón & Rafael Vila-Candel & Desirée Mena-Tudela & Francisco Javier Soriano-Vidal & Víctor M. González-Chordá & Laura Andreu-Pejo & Aloma Antolí-Forner & Lledó Durán-García & Mi, 2023. "Development and Validation of the Breastfeeding Literacy Assessment Instrument (BLAI) for Obstetric Women," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(5), pages 1-14, February.
    4. Emilia I. De la Fuente‐Solana & Nora Suleiman‐Martos & Almudena Velando‐Soriano & Gustavo R. Cañadas‐De la Fuente & Blanca Herrera‐Cabrerizo & Luis Albendín‐García, 2021. "Predictors of burnout of health professionals in the departments of maternity and gynaecology, and its association with personality factors: A multicentre study," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 30(1-2), pages 207-216, January.
    5. Mohammed Saud Mira* & Dr. Yap Voon Choong & Dr. Chan Kok Thim, 2018. "The Role of Job Satisfaction as Mediator Between Human Resource Practices and Employees' Performance Among the Cargos' Employees at Saudi Ports Authority Based on the Motivation Theories," The Journal of Social Sciences Research, Academic Research Publishing Group, pages 91-105:4.
    6. Sumarsid & Tri Erie Wardhani & Aripin, 2020. "Human Resource Management for Increasing Employees’ Satisfaction and Enhancing Competitive Strengths," International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), vol. 0(3), pages 543-553.
    7. Emilia I. De la Fuente-Solana & Laura Pradas-Hernández & Carmen Tamara González-Fernández & Almudena Velando-Soriano & María Begoña Martos-Cabrera & José L. Gómez-Urquiza & Guillermo Arturo Cañadas-De, 2021. "Burnout Syndrome in Paediatric Nurses: A Multi-Centre Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(3), pages 1-10, February.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0262665. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: plosone (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.