Job satisfaction
Job satisfaction has been defined as a positive attitude towards
the workplace manifested in the desire to continue working
there (Herzberg 2003). Job satisfaction is of great importance in
managing nursing staff (McHugh et al. 2011) and several
studies have investigated the antecedents of job satisfaction in
nursing (Gilson 2013; Peltier & Curley 2013). Recent studies
report evidence of the influence of job satisfaction on nurse
turnover (Applebaum et al. 2010), motivation (Gaki et al. 2013)
and professional commitment (Lu et al. 2012). Higher job satis-
faction was found to predict a lower burnout level among
public health nurses (Ein-Gal et al. 2014). Moreover, a positive
relationship between job satisfaction and employee engagement,
which means being energetic and passionate about one’s
work, was found (Brunetto et al. 2012)