EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH
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Job Satisfaction in Public Health Care Sector, Measures Scales and Theoretical Background

Ioannis Pantelis Adamopoulos 1 2 3 *
1 Region of Attica, Department of Environmental Hygiene and Public Health Inspection, South Sector of Athens, Athens, GREECE2 Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, CYPRUS3 Research Center of Excellence in Risk & Decision Sciences CERIDES, School of Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, CYPRUS* Corresponding Author
European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 2022, 6(2), em0116, https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/12187
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ABSTRACT

Public Health care organizations are the most important social systems in which human resources are the wealth and central factor. This study is a literature review on job satisfaction in the public health care sector, giving tools to prevent with measures scales and information's in theoretical background. Evidence of job satisfaction in the public health care sector is encountered by Greek and Global public health organizations and services. Limited literature in connection and contribution of occupational health and safety with Job Satisfaction in the frame of policy and management. Public health care professionals and Administration managers in the healthcare services need to understand the benefits of adopting effective Job satisfaction.
The aim of this research was to identify also analyze the knowledge of job satisfaction in the Public Health Care Sector, Measures Scales necessary to identify and knowledge objective to positively affect Public health professionals’ job satisfaction and therefore health care sector quality services.
Information’s and knowledge produced an understanding of the mechanisms that increase job satisfaction and contribute to the improvement of psychosocial risks, and well-being to take appropriate measures and scales to create a Healthy and Hygiene working environment. Affects direct in health economics as well as organizational productivity, and quality of performance.
A systematic review was conducted for the last two-year in Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, and Scientific Journals. There are very few papers published based on the very contemporary title considered for the article, classified as eligible according to the previously established criteria.

KEYWORDS

job satisfaction public health care sector measures scales occupational public health

CITATION (Harvard)

Adamopoulos, I. P. (2022). Job Satisfaction in Public Health Care Sector, Measures Scales and Theoretical Background. European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 6(2), em0116. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/12187
APA
Adamopoulos, I. P. (2022). Job Satisfaction in Public Health Care Sector, Measures Scales and Theoretical Background. European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 6(2), em0116. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/12187
Vancouver
Adamopoulos IP. Job Satisfaction in Public Health Care Sector, Measures Scales and Theoretical Background. EUROPEAN J ENV PUBLI. 2022;6(2):em0116. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/12187
AMA
Adamopoulos IP. Job Satisfaction in Public Health Care Sector, Measures Scales and Theoretical Background. EUROPEAN J ENV PUBLI. 2022;6(2), em0116. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/12187
Chicago
Adamopoulos, Ioannis Pantelis. "Job Satisfaction in Public Health Care Sector, Measures Scales and Theoretical Background". European Journal of Environment and Public Health 2022 6 no. 2 (2022): em0116. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/12187
MLA
Adamopoulos, Ioannis Pantelis "Job Satisfaction in Public Health Care Sector, Measures Scales and Theoretical Background". European Journal of Environment and Public Health, vol. 6, no. 2, 2022, em0116. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/12187

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