Labor conditions and the meanings of nursing work in Barcelona

a sample of 1,760 nursing professionals from Barcelona answered a questionnaire assessing their working conditions and summarized their own current work experience in five key words.

Results:

the textual corpus of the meanings of nursing work included 8043 lexical forms, which were categorized and codified. Respondents who rated their work conditions the highest expressed a vision of their work in terms of autonomy, achievement and well-being, while those who rated their work conditions the lowest talked mostly of exhaustion, depersonalization and negative climate. A correspondence analysis showed a close relationship between the quantitative assessments of working conditions and the verbal codes of the meaning of work.

Conclusions:

the meanings given to work were not only consistent with the numerical evaluations of the working conditions but also made them more understandable. The information obtained poses challenges for reflection and indicates ways to promote the positive aspects and prevent the negative conditions of nursing work.

Descriptors:
Nursing; Work; Occupational Health; Working Conditions; Workload; Quality of Life

Authorship

Alberto Granero

PhD, Researcher, Corporación Sanitaria Parc Taulí -1, Hospital Universitario, Sabadell- Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Member of PETRO (Personas que Trabajan em Organizaciones, People Working in Organizations) research group. Hospital UniversitarioSpainBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain PhD, Researcher, Corporación Sanitaria Parc Taulí -1, Hospital Universitario, Sabadell- Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Member of PETRO (Personas que Trabajan em Organizaciones, People Working in Organizations) research group.

Josep M Blanch

PhD, Full Professor, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Psychology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. San Buenaventura University (USB), Psychology, Cali, Colombia. Director of PETRO and WONPUM (Working Under New Public Management) research groups.Autonomous University of BarcelonaSpainBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain PhD, Full Professor, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Psychology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. San Buenaventura University (USB), Psychology, Cali, Colombia. Director of PETRO and WONPUM (Working Under New Public Management) research groups.

Paola Ochoa

PhD, Professor, Politécnica del Litoral High School, ESPOL-ESPAE, Graduate School of Management, Campus Peñas Malecón 100 y Loja, P.O., Guayaquil, Box 09-01-5863, Ecuador. Member of PETRO and WONPUM research groups.Politécnica del Litoral High SchoolEcuadorGuayaquil, Ecuador PhD, Professor, Politécnica del Litoral High School, ESPOL-ESPAE, Graduate School of Management, Campus Peñas Malecón 100 y Loja, P.O., Guayaquil, Box 09-01-5863, Ecuador. Member of PETRO and WONPUM research groups.

Corresponding Author: Josep M Blanch UAB Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Faculty of Psychology Edificio B, Campus UAB Bairro: Bellaterra-Barcelona CEP: 08193, Catalonia, Spain E-mail: jmbr.blanch@gmail.com

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Theoretical Model of cCT: Cronbach’s Alpha (α), Mean (X) and Standard Deviation (SD) of the Questionnaire, Factors and Scales, Barcelona, CA, Spain, 2014-2015

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Conditions and Meanings of Work. Barcelona, CA, Spain, 2014-2015

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Table 1
Correspondence analysis between evaluation levels of working conditions and codes of meaning of work. Barcelona, CA, Spain, 2014-2015.

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Tabela 2
Distribuição dos códigos de Significados do Trabalho (ST) segundo níveis de avaliação das Condições de Trabalho (NACT). Barcelona, CA, Espanha, 2014-2015.

Figure 1 Theoretical Model of cCT: Cronbach’s Alpha (α), Mean (X) and Standard Deviation (SD) of the Questionnaire, Factors and Scales, Barcelona, CA, Spain, 2014-2015

Figure 2 Conditions and Meanings of Work. Barcelona, CA, Spain, 2014-2015

Table 1 Correspondence analysis between evaluation levels of working conditions and codes of meaning of work. Barcelona, CA, Spain, 2014-2015.

Meaning of Work	Mass	Score in dimension		Inertia	Contribution
		Score in dimension			From the points to the inertia of the dimension		From the dimension to the inertia of the point
		1	2		1	2	1	2	Total
WC Very Bad	0,027	-1,340	-1,521	0,026	0,122	0,715	0,754	0,213	0,967
WC Bad	0,280	-0,843	0,257	0,082	0,491	0,208	0,978	0,020	0,998
WC Good	0,575	0,273	-0,084	0,019	0,106	0,046	0,892	0,018	0,911
WC Very Good	0,118	0,984	0,154	0,050	0,281	0,031	0,923	0,005	0,927
Total	1,000			0,178	1,000	1,000
Overload	0,057	-0,268	-0,199	0,002	0,010	0,025	0,784	0,095	0,879
Bad management	0,014	-1,214	-0,237	0,009	0,051	0,009	0,974	0,008	0,982
Disorganization tasks	0,012	-0,887	0,583	0,004	0,022	0,044	0,905	0,086	0,991
Negative Climate	0,031	-0,798	0,462	0,009	0,049	0,074	0,930	0,068	0,998
Injustice	0,014	-1,187	0,513	0,009	0,050	0,042	0,958	0,039	0,997
Inappropriate work	0,015	-0,585	0,439	0,002	0,013	0,033	0,887	0,109	0,996
Lack of Resources	0,004	-0,763	-0,819	0,001	0,006	0,030	0,787	0,199	0,986
Poor socioeconomic Conditions	0,063	-0,523	-0,397	0,008	0,043	0,112	0,853	0,108	0,961
Dissatisfaction	0,017	-1,214	0,002	0,011	0,063	0,000	0,978	0,000	0,978
Discomfort	0,060	-0,989	-0,361	0,025	0,144	0,088	0,960	0,028	0,988
Exhaustion	0,070	-0,499	0,106	0,008	0,043	0,009	0,912	0,009	0,921
Organizational Cynicism	0,013	-1,185	0,293	0,008	0,045	0,013	0,959	0,013	0,972
Depersonalization	0,005	-1,538	-1,665	0,007	0,029	0,155	0,722	0,186	0,908
Inefficacy	0,006	-1,425	1,624	0,006	0,029	0,173	0,762	0,217	0,979
Good socioeconomic Conditions	0,019	0,498	0,021	0,002	0,012	0,000	0,941	0,000	0,942
Opportunities	0,043	0,593	0,000	0,006	0,037	0,000	1,000	0,000	1,000
Satisfaction	0,035	0,597	0,064	0,006	0,031	0,002	0,894	0,002	0,896
Wellbeing	0,049	0,690	0,033	0,010	0,057	0,001	0,973	0,000	0,974
Vigor	0,037	0,559	0,146	0,005	0,028	0,009	0,917	0,014	0,931
Commitment	0,052	0,580	0,040	0,007	0,044	0,001	0,985	0,001	0,986
Ethics	0,017	0,303	0,046	0,001	0,004	0,000	0,728	0,004	0,732
Good social Relations	0,055	0,450	0,040	0,005	0,028	0,001	0,979	0,002	0,980
Realization	0,014	0,789	-0,052	0,004	0,021	0,000	0,999	0,001	1,000
Efficacy	0,069	0,523	-0,057	0,008	0,046	0,002	0,992	0,003	0,994
Competences	0,009	0,303	-0,046	0,001	0,002	0,000	0,640	0,003	0,643
Care	0,135	0,274	-0,104	0,004	0,025	0,016	0,925	0,029	0,955
Responsibility	0,045	0,397	0,045	0,003	0,017	0,001	0,887	0,003	0,890
Autonomy	0,012	0,875	0,173	0,004	0,023	0,004	0,883	0,008	0,891
Little Recognition	0,014	-0,868	0,863	0,005	0,026	0,118	0,803	0,174	0,977
Recognition	0,007	0,277	0,668	0,001	0,001	0,036	0,308	0,392	0,700
Economic Recognition	0,008	0,069	0,044	0,000	0,000	0,000	0,127	0,011	0,138
Total	1,000			0,178	1,000	1,000

Tabela 2 Distribuição dos códigos de Significados do Trabalho (ST) segundo níveis de avaliação das Condições de Trabalho (NACT). Barcelona, CA, Espanha, 2014-2015.

Work Meaning Codes	Levels of valuation of working conditions (LVWC*)
	Very Bad		Bad		Good		Very Good		Accumulated
	n^†	%	n^†	%	n^†	%	n^†	%	N^‡	%
Overload	19	4.2	148	32.4	260	56.9	30	6.6	457	5.7
Bad management	10	8.9	63	55.8	40	35.4	0	0.0	113	1.4
Disorganization Tasks	3	3.2	49	52.7	40	43.0	1	1.1	93	1.2
Negative Climate	9	3.6	124	50.0	108	43.5	7	2.8	248	3.1
Injustice	6	5.2	69	60.0	40	34.8	0	0.0	115	1.4
Inappropriate work	4	3.2	56	45.2	56	45.2	8	6.5	124	1.5
Lack of Resources	3	9.4	13	40.6	15	46.9	1	3.1	32	0.4
Poor socioeconomic conditions	30	5.9	188	36.9	275	54.0	16	3.1	509	6.3
Dissatisfaction	11	7.9	80	57.6	47	33.8	1	0.7	139	1.7
Discomfort	40	8.3	237	49.3	197	41.0	7	1.5	481	6.0
Exhaustion	20	3.6	223	39.8	296	52.9	21	3.8	560	7.0
Organizational Cynicism	7	6.7	62	59.0	34	32.4	2	1.9	105	1.3
Depersonalization	7	17.5	22	55.0	11	27.5	0	0.0	40	0.5
Inefficacy	1	2.1	35	74.5	10	21.3	1	2.1	47	0.6
Good socioeconomic Conditions	2	1.3	26	17.0	95	62.1	30	19.6	153	1.9
Opportunities	2	0.6	48	14.0	228	66.7	64	18.7	342	4.3
Satisfaction	3	1.1	43	15.4	172	61.4	62	22.1	280	3.5
Wellbeing	2	0.5	49	12.5	256	65.3	85	21.7	392	4.9
Vigor	2	0.7	49	16.6	182	61.7	62	21.0	295	3.7
Commitment	3	0.7	63	14.9	273	64.7	83	19.7	422	5.2
Ethics	1	0.7	28	20.3	92	66.7	17	12.3	138	1.7
Good social Relations	3	0.7	77	17.3	293	66.0	71	16.0	444	5.5
Realization	0	0.0	10	8.9	79	70.5	23	20.5	112	1.4
Efficacy	5	0.9	83	15.1	369	67.0	94	17.1	551	6.9
Competences	2	2.7	16	21.6	42	56.8	14	18.9	74	0.9
Care	21	1.9	222	20.5	692	63.8	149	13.7	1084	13.5
Responsibility	2	0.6	66	18.3	242	67.0	51	14.1	361	4.5
Autonomy	0	0.0	10	10.1	62	62.6	27	27.3	99	1.2
Little Recognition	2	1.8	61	54.0	49	43.4	1	0.9	113	1.4
Recognition	0	0.0	16	27.6	30	51.7	12	20.7	58	0.7
Economic Recognition	1	1.6	16	25.8	39	62.9	6	9.7	62	0.8
Frequencies (n) and Percentages (%)	221	2.7	2252	28.0	4624	57.5	946	11.8	8043	100

*LVWC: Levels of valuation of Working Conditions
† n: frequency of meaning of work codes according to levels of assessment of working conditions;
‡ N: accumulated frequency by codes of meaning of work.

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[1] Corresponding Author: Josep M Blanch UAB Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Faculty of Psychology Edificio B, Campus UAB Bairro: Bellaterra-Barcelona CEP: 08193, Catalonia, Spain E-mail: jmbr.blanch@gmail.com