Table 1.
Independent variables for the difference-in-difference (DID) model
| Categories | Variable name | Descriptions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work environment | Autonomy | improve | Can contribute towards improvements? |
| trusted | I am trusted to do my job | ||
| Perceived quality of Trust | satis | Satisfied with quality of work? | |
| toppriority | Care of patients/service users is my Trust's top priority | ||
| recomd | I would recommend my Trust as a place to work | ||
| incident | Action taken following errors | ||
| Team work | discusseff | Team members often meet to discuss the teams effectiveness | |
| teamcomm | Team members have to communicate closely with each other to achieve the teams objectives | ||
| Support from organization | equal | Trust provides equal opportunities to staff? | |
| qualapp | Had good quality appraisal in last 12 months? | ||
| hands | Had health and safety training in last 12 months? | ||
| trainbetter | My training, learning and development has helped me to do my job better/more effectively | ||
| upprof | My training, learning and development has helped me stay up-to-date with professional requirements | ||
| supsup | Support from supervisor | ||
| commun | Good communication between managers and staff? | ||
| Drivers of job satisfaction | Job clarity | differ | Role makes a difference? |
| clearobj | I have, clear, planned goals and objectives for my job | ||
| knowrep | I always know what my responsibilities are | ||
| Tension | wkpres | Work pressure felt | |
| exthrs | Work extra hours? | ||
| stress | Suffered work-related stress in last 12 months? | ||
| viopat | Experienced violence from patients/relatives in last 12 months? | ||
| viocol | Experienced violence from colleagues in last 12 months? | ||
| harpat | Experienced harassment from patients/relatives in last 12 months? | ||
| harcol | Experienced harassment from colleagues in last 12 months? | ||
| Dummy variables | Data year | 2008 | Dummy variable for year 2008 |
| 2009 | Dummy variable for year 2009 | ||
| 2010 | Dummy variable for year 2010 | ||
| 2011 | Dummy variable for year 2011 | ||
| 2012 | Dummy variable for year 2012 | ||
| Mental health hospital | mh | Dummy variable for working in mental health trusts | |
| Occupation group | nurses | Dummy variable for nurses | |
| medden | Dummy variable for medical and dental staff | ||
| ahp | Dummy variable for allied health professionals | ||
| s&t | Dummy variable for science and technical staff | ||
| admingm | Dummy variable for administrative and general management staff |