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The Influence of Job Characteristics on Job Outcomes of Pharmacists in Hospital, Clinic, and Community Pharmacies

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This study examines the relationship between job characteristics and job outcomes of pharmacists in hospital, clinic, and community pharmacies in Taiwan. The structured questionnaires covered the items of job characteristics, job outcomes, and demographics of pharmacists, and were distributed between Feb 2004 and April 2004. Two hundred and ninety-eight pharmacists responded. Data were analyzed descriptively, and univariate analyses, factor analysis, and multiple regression analyses were used. It found the more enriched the job, the greater the job satisfaction and less intention to leave. And community pharmacists reported greater job enrichment and job satisfaction and less intention to leave than did hospital and clinic pharmacists. It suggests pharmacy managers could recognize the needs of pharmacists to redesign and enrich their work arrangements.

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Yearly Grant project of China Medical University (CMU92-HSM-01).

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  1. Institute of Health Service Management, China Medical University, 91 Hsueh Shih Rd., Taichung 404, Taiwan, ROC

    Blossom Yen-Ju Lin (Assistant Professor)

  2. Institute of Health Service Management, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

    Ying-Chen Yeh (Senior clerk)

  3. Respiratory Therapy Division, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

    Ying-Chen Yeh (Senior clerk)

  4. Department of Health, Taichung Hospital, Executive Yuan, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

    Wen-Hung Lin (Special Executive Assistant of CEO, formal Chief of Hospital Pharmacy)

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Yen-Ju Lin, B., Yeh, YC. & Lin, WH. The Influence of Job Characteristics on Job Outcomes of Pharmacists in Hospital, Clinic, and Community Pharmacies. J Med Syst 31, 224–229 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-007-9059-y

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