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Associated and Mediating Variables Related to Job Satisfaction among Professionals from Mental Health Teams

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Using a structural analysis, this study examines the relationship between job satisfaction among 315 mental health professionals from the province of Quebec (Canada) and a wide range of variables related to provider characteristics, team characteristics, processes, and emergent states, and organizational culture. We used the Job Satisfaction Survey to assess job satisfaction. Our conceptual framework integrated numerous independent variables adapted from the input-mediator-output-input (IMOI) model and the Integrated Team Effectiveness Model (ITEM). The structural equation model predicted 47% of the variance of job satisfaction. Job satisfaction was associated with eight variables: strong team support, participation in the decision-making process, closer collaboration, fewer conflicts among team members, modest knowledge production (team processes), firm affective commitment, multifocal identification (emergent states) and belonging to the nursing profession (provider characteristics). Team climate had an impact on six job satisfaction variables (team support, knowledge production, conflicts, affective commitment, collaboration, and multifocal identification). Results show that team processes and emergent states were mediators between job satisfaction and team climate. To increase job satisfaction among professionals, health managers need to pursue strategies that foster a positive climate within mental health teams.

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  • 13 November 2017

    The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake in the author group section. The family name of Dr. François should be “Chiocchio” not “Chiochio.”

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We would like to thank all individuals who participated in the research. We are grateful to Denise Aubé, Catherine Vallée, Geneviève Cyr and Judith Sabetti for their assistance.

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This study was funded by the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ), grant number 22367, and the Prends Soin de toi Program. The authors report no biomedical financial interests or other potential conflicts of interest.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Marie-Josée Fleury

  2. Douglas Hospital Research Centre, Douglas Mental Health University Institute Research Centre, 6875 LaSalle Blvd., Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada

    Marie-Josée Fleury, Guy Grenier & Jean-Marie Bamvita

  3. Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, 55 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada

    François Chiocchio

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The original version of this article was revised: The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake in the author group section. The family name of Dr. François should be “Chiocchio” not “Chiochio.”

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Fleury, MJ., Grenier, G., Bamvita, JM. et al. Associated and Mediating Variables Related to Job Satisfaction among Professionals from Mental Health Teams. Psychiatr Q 89, 399–413 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-017-9543-6

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