Table 2.
Hierarchical linear model regression for factors associated with percentage of time spent on research and job attitudes
| Job satisfaction | Intention to leave | Burnout | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | Unstd B | Std Err | β | Unstd B | Std Err | β | Unstd B | Std Err | |
| Intercept | 2.95** | .59 | .30 | 2.14** | 4.24 | .32 | .97** | 2.16 | .26 |
| Research time | 2.08* | .01 | .00 | −1.93* | −.01 | .00 | −1.55 | .00 | .00 |
| Teaching time | 1.48 | .01 | .00 | −1.49 | −.01 | .01 | −.26 | .00 | .00 |
| Administrative time | .24 | .00 | .00 | −.32 | .00 | .00 | .61 | .00 | .00 |
| Training time | −.05 | .00 | .01 | .28 | .00 | .01 | −.40 | .00 | .01 |
| Board certified | .79 | .18 | .20 | .13 | .03 | .21 | .58 | .13 | .18 |
| Work only at VA | −.85 | −.10 | .11 | 1.29 | .15 | .02 | 1.77* | .21 | .10 |
| Tenure at current facility | .06 | .00 | .00 | .10 | .00 | .01 | −.69 | .00 | .00 |
| Foreign medical school | .24 | .03 | .11 | .20 | .02 | .12 | −.64 | −.08 | .10 |
| Adequate physician staffing | 4.43** | .21 | .05 | −4.48** | −.22 | .05 | −4.31** | −.21 | .05 |
| Adequate nurse staffing | −.83 | −.04 | .05 | .33 | .02 | .05 | −1.54 | −.07 | .04 |
| Perceived quality of care | 6.35** | .40 | .06 | −6.50** | −.40 | .06 | −1.04 | −.06 | .05 |
| Urban setting | 1.77 | .26 | .15 | −1.00 | −.15 | .16 | −1.33 | −.19 | .13 |
| Teaching hospital | .97 | .15 | .06 | −1.79 | −.27 | .18 | .57 | .08 | .14 |
| Performance compensation | .64 | .07 | .11 | .46 | .05 | .12 | −.63 | −.06 | .09 |
| Inpatient bed size (per 100) | 3.05** | .05 | .02 | −2.87* | −.05 | .02 | −1.61 | −.02 | .02 |
* p < .05; ** p < .01