Outcomes of physician job satisfaction: a narrative review, implications, and directions for future research

Eric S Williams; Asheley Cockrell Skinner

doi:10.1097/00004010-200304000-00004

Outcomes of physician job satisfaction: a narrative review, implications, and directions for future research

Health Care Manage Rev. 2003 Apr-Jun;28(2):119-39. doi: 10.1097/00004010-200304000-00004.

Authors

Eric S Williams¹, Asheley Cockrell Skinner

Affiliation

¹ Department of Management and Marketing, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.

PMID: 12744449
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-200304000-00004

Abstract

The decline in physician job satisfaction is well documented, but its impact on physicians and patients is not. This article reviews 44 articles that address these impacts. Four findings emerge from this study along with recommendations for improving the measurement and management of job satisfaction.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Developed Countries
Family Practice
Health Services Research
Humans
Job Satisfaction*
Narration
Personnel Turnover / economics
Physician-Patient Relations
Physicians / psychology*
Quality of Health Care