Fatemeh Omidfar1, Behnaz Turkan2, Seyed Ali Naji3
Background: the quality of working life is one of the variables considered recently by many managers who aim to improve the quality of their human resources. High quality of working life leads to satisfaction of employees and improved learning in the organization and it helps employees to cope with changes. This study was conducted to examine the quality of working life of nurses in social security hospitals in Isfahan in 2015.
Methods: The sample of study consisted of 125 nurses who were selected by convenience sampling. Walton's quality of life questionnaire was used to collect data. The data of study were collected using SPSS 19 software through descriptive statistical tests (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics of T-test and ANOVA.
Results: The highest frequency observed (50.4 percent) in nurses with moderate quality of working life. The highest frequency distribution was seen in dimensions of fair and adequate distribution (46.4 percent) and health and secure environment (49.6 percent) in nurses with high quality of working life. The highest frequency distribution of nurses’ scores was in dimensions of providing growth opportunities and continuous security (56.8 percent), rule-orientation in the organization (56.0 percent), social dependence of working life (48 percent), general space of life (57.6 percent), social integration and cohesion (56.8 percent), and the development of human capabilities (56 percent) related to nurses with low job satisfaction.
Conclusion: Quality of working life of nurses is in moderate status and programs and solutions should be considered to improve the quality of their working life.
