Brown G T
School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K1H 8L6, Canada.
Work. 1995;5(1):51-69. doi: 10.3233/WOR-1995-5110.
Occupational therapy is a female dominated profession: only 3% of all clinicians are men. The purpose of this investigation was to identify variables that affect the job satisfaction of male occupational therapists. Specifically, the study examined five job satisfaction factors (work, pay, coworkers, supervision, and promotional opportunities), work environment traits, community role strain, colleague role strain, patient role strain, role ambiguity, role conflict, role overload, and specific demographic characteristics of male occupational therapists. A mailed survey questionnaire was sent to all male clinicians who were members of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (n = 199) during the 1990-1991 membership year. Eighty-three percent of the sample responded (n = 164). Of these, 74% said they expect to leave the occupational therapy profession within 10 years. Most male occupational therapists reside in Ontario, are 33 years old, work with an adult client case load in a general hospital setting, and spend half their time in direct client care. Respondents indicated that, as a group, they are very dissatisfied with their work, pay, promotional opportunities, supervision, and coworkers. Male occupational therapists rated their work environments as above average in terms of physical comfort, but below average for control. As a group, male occupational therapists experience an average level of community, colleague, and patient role strain. Similarly, they experience an average degree of role conflict and role overload, but reported a low level of role ambiguity. Significant predictors of respondents' global job satisfaction were examined by multiple regression analysis. Five factors were determined to be significant predictors of global job satisfaction: community role strain, number of hours of overtime worked on a weekly basis, involvement, year of graduation from professional training, and colleague role strain. Recommendations for occupational therapy personnel and future research are made based on these results.
所有临床医生中只有3%是男性。本调查的目的是确定影响男性职业治疗师工作满意度的变量。具体而言，该研究考察了五个工作满意度因素（工作、薪酬、同事、监督和晋升机会）、工作环境特征、社区角色压力、同事角色压力、患者角色压力、角色模糊、角色冲突、角色过载以及男性职业治疗师的特定人口统计学特征。在1990 - 1991年会员年度，向所有加拿大职业治疗师协会的男性临床医生（n = 199）邮寄了调查问卷。样本中有83%做出了回应（n = 164）。其中，74%的人表示他们预计会在10年内离开职业治疗行业。大多数男性职业治疗师居住在安大略省，年龄为33岁，在综合医院环境中处理成人客户病例，并且将一半的时间用于直接的客户护理工作。受访者表示，总体而言，他们对工作、薪酬、晋升机会、监督和同事非常不满意。男性职业治疗师认为他们的工作环境在身体舒适度方面高于平均水平，但在可控性方面低于平均水平。总体而言，男性职业治疗师经历的社区、同事和患者角色压力处于平均水平。同样，他们经历的角色冲突和角色过载程度处于平均水平，但报告的角色模糊程度较低。通过多元回归分析检验了受访者总体工作满意度的显著预测因素。确定了五个因素是总体工作满意度的显著预测因素：社区角色压力、每周加班小时数、参与度、专业培训毕业年份以及同事角色压力。基于这些结果，为职业治疗人员和未来研究提出了建议。
