ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care
A comparative study on the level of satisfaction among regular and contractual health-care workers in a Northern city of India.
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- Frontline workers in India's tuberculosis (TB) elimination efforts: a street-level bureaucracy perspective.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Disjunctions between contractual and civil service recruitment: public sector doctors' perspectives from two Indian states.Human resources for health · 2025Article
- Work motivation and job satisfaction among local government health workers in Chitwan, Nepal: a cross-sectional study.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Job satisfaction among health care providers: A cross-sectional study in public health facilities of Punjab, India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionJob satisfaction greatly determines the productivity and efficiency of human resources for health. The current study aims to assess the level of satisfaction and factors influencing the job satisfaction among regular and contractual health-care workers. MATERIALS AND
methodsA cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted from January to June 2015 among health care workers (
resultsMajority of the regular health-care staff was highly satisfied (86.9%) as compared to contractual staff (10.5%), which however was moderately satisfied (55.9%). Stepwise regression model showed that work-related matters (β = 1.370,
conclusionUnder the National Rural Health Mission, contract appointments have improved the overall availability of health-care staff at all levels of public health facilities. However, there are concerns regarding their level of motivation with various aspects related to the job, which need to be urgently addressed so as to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of health services.
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