Role Autonomy and Job Satisfaction of Occupational and Physical Therapists in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorOgunleye, A.P
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-16T15:21:36Z
dc.date.available2018-07-16T15:21:36Z
dc.date.issued1987
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dc.description.abstractThe major thrust of this study was to investigate the relationship between role autonomy and job satisfaction of occupational and physical therapists in Nigeria.Role autonomy as used in this study is the degree to which work could be carried on independently of organizational or medical supervision, and the degree to which it could be sustained by attracting its own clientele independently of organizational referral or referral by other occupations, including physicians. Job satisfaction on the other hand was operationalized as a combination of psychological, physiological and environmental circumstances that cause a person truthfully to say "I am satisfied with my job".The data were gathered from registered, active members of the Nigerian Association of Occupational Therapists and the Nigerian Society of Physiotherapists. A questionnaire was used in data collection from the subjects of the study.The major hypothesis for the study stated that occupational and physical therapists' orientation with respect to role autonomy is positively related to their job satisfaction. Eight additional hypotheses were developed to examine factors which tended to influence role autonomy. On the whole, no significant relationship was found between occupational and physical therapists' orientation to role autonomy and job satisfaction. Also, no significant relationships were found between role autonomy and job satisfaction using such biographic variables as sex, age, marital status, present employment and academic qualifications as test factors among the occupational therapists. On the other hand, physical therapists' sex, age and academic qualifications were significant predictors of their orientation toward role autonomy and job satisfaction.The study has implications for the therapists, health administrators, policy planners and the educational system. Since the occupational and physical therapists are now becoming more sensitive to the power structure in the health field by their significant preference for role autonomy, there is need for health administrators to involve them more actively in health planning and administration. To this end, a collegial decision-making structure is advocated.The paucity of occupational therapists in the country today, suggests a need for local production of such personnel by universities. To meet the present shortage in the postgraduate education of occupational and physical therapists, there may be need to pursue masters and doctoral study in both fields.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Lagosen_US
dc.identifier.citationOgunleye, A.P (1986) Role Autonomy and Job Satisfaction of Occupational and Physical Therapists in Nigeria. University of Lagos School of Postgraduate Studies Phd Thesis and Dissertation Abstracts 207ppen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.unilag.edu.ng:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/3024
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Lagosen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis and Dissertations;UL-344-EDA-86;
dc.subjectAutonomyen_US
dc.subjectOccupationalen_US
dc.subjectJob Satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectPhysical Therapistsen_US
dc.titleRole Autonomy and Job Satisfaction of Occupational and Physical Therapists in Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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