Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research 16 (2): 196-204, 2013 ISSN 1990-9233 © IDOSI Publications, 2013 DOI: 10.5829/idosi.mejsr.2013.16.02.111766 Corresponding Author: Mohd Sobri Minai, SBM, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia. 196 Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction and Motivation of Nurses in the Environment Dominated by Male Nurses Mohd Sobri Minai and Yasser Mansour Almansour 1 2 SBM, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia. Malaysia 1 Amman College, Albalqa Applied University, Amman, Jordan 2 Abstract: The shortage in both the total numbers and experience nurses is a crucial issue. Hospital administration must realize the extent of the nursing shortage as it is related to how patient care is being delivered. In the context of hospital setting, nurses are the key component of the medical staffs and they play major roles in ensuring the service quality are being provided to patients as part of the national service to the public. Thus, nurses’ satisfaction and motivation for their job are very important to be maintained. This paper is written based on the research work done in a hospital setting where the majority are male and is viewed as different from the normal setting where most nurses are female. This study employs the non-experimental, quantitative design with stratified sampling and capitalizes on the motivation-hygiene theory to set forth the underlying independent and dependent variables. Based on the result, it was found that generally, the nurses in the male dominated nurses environment are not happy with their work and the study mades a few suggestions on how to improve the situation and develop a better nurses’ culture for this environment. Key words: Job satisfaction % Male nurses % Motivation INTRODUCTION In the context of hospital setting, nurses are the key The concept of job satisfaction among nurses is of in ensuring the service quality are being provided to an unprecedented importance given the current job market patients as part of the national service to the public. [1]. According to [2], satisfied nurses are more likely to Thus, their motivation and satisfaction on their job are stay on, not only in the field of nursing but in the very important to be maintained. In the context of Arab organization in which they are satisfied. Many environment, it is observed that there are more male researchers, for examples, [3, 4], addressing the issue of nurses compared to other part of the world. nursing shortage as very important and the retention of Many studies have indicated the importance of nursing staffs is absolutely vital to the healthcare checking on the employees’ satisfaction level to ensure a industry. positive working environment [1, 3, 5]. The overall job Hospital administration must realize the extent of satisfaction is the most important reasons why employees the nursing shortage as it is related to how stay on with their job. This is the same for nurses and in patient care is being delivered. The shortage in fact, many studies on job satisfaction among nurses have both the total numbers and the experience nurses been done worldwide in curbing the shortage problem of is the crucial issue. Both are interrelated as nurses at the hospital. From these studies, a number of addressing the issue of experience nurses, the issues have been highlighted to address and deal with the aspect of quality nursing and the creation of better problems to ensure the smooth operation of the hospital. workplace to attract more new nurses and at the same However, the outcry from employees, from the nurses in time, retaining the existing experience nurses can be hospital, shows that they are not fully satisfied with their tackled. job and this has potential effect on the job motivation. component of the medical staffs and they play major roles