Abstract

Introduction: In recent years, numerous organizations have been engaged in increase of job satisfaction, staff empowerment process and partnership in decision making. The aim of this study was to determine correlation between delegation and job satisfaction in nurses.

Materials and methods: In this descriptive-correlation study, all nurses of Isfahan Dr Ali Shariati hospital participated in the study samples. Delegation and job satisfaction were the main variables of study. Data were collected by demographic questionnaire, Rowntree Delegation Checklist and Kendall & Hulin Job Satisfaction Questionnaire. Internal consistencies of the instruments were approved 0/70 for Rowntree Delegation Checklist and 0/80 for Kendall Hulin Job Satisfaction Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS 17 software using Independent student T test and Spearman test.

Findings: From 102 nurses, who participated in this study, 53/9% were woman and 46/1% were male. Result indicated that there was no significant correlation between delegation and job satisfaction (r= -0/022 p= 0/826).

Conclusion: The result of the study showed that delegation might not be an effective management tool for job satisfaction improvement in nursing staff. However, more studies are suggested for future.