Abstract

PONTE, Teresa Maria da et al. Job satisfaction: professional activities profile among the dentists who work in a private company - São Paulo, 2008. RPG, Rev. pós-grad. [online]. 2011, vol.18, n.1, pp. 13-19. ISSN 0104-5695.

The objective of the study was to verify the professional satisfaction among the dentists who worked in a private enterprise of São Paulo State. A descriptive cross-sectional and analytic study was carried out, using a self-administered questionnaire distributed to dentists who worked in the company's units located in different cities of São Paulo State. Data were organized and analyzed at Stata10.0 statistical package. Participated of the study 194 dentists, those were working in the company in the year of 2008. Regarding socio-demographic characteristics, 68.04% were female and 31.96% were male with ages between 25 and 54 years (mean 35.78 years). The mean score of overall job satisfaction was 3.45 (sd = 0.50), in a 1 to 5 scale. The blocks of factors showed the following average values: general satisfaction with job/employment - 3.39 (sd = 0.89); income perception - 3.21 (sd = 0.74); personal time - 2.60 (sd = 1.06); professional time - 3.13 (sd = 0.71); team - 3.35 (sd = 0.98); patients relationship - 4.34 (sd = 0.59) and healthcare delivery - 4.16 (sd = 0.58). The job satisfaction levels among the professionals were considered good, and the block that scored the lowest satisfaction was personal time.

Keywords : Job satisfaction; Labor force; Professional practice; Dentistry.