Table 2.
Job satisfaction by role and position.
| Frequency of job satisfaction ratings (%) | M (SD) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely dissatisfied (1) | Very dissatisfied (2) | Dissatisfied (3) | Neither dissatisfied not satisfied (4) | Satisfied (5) | Very satisfied (6) | Extremely satisfied (7) | |||
| Role | |||||||||
| Clinical | 1 (0.60) | 5 (2.99) | 11 (6.59) | 13 (7.78) | 77 (46.11) | 49 (29.34) | 11 (6.59) | 5.10 (1.12) | |
| Non-clinical | 1 (2.33) | 4 (9.30) | 2 (4.65) | 4 (9.30) | 9 (20.93) | 17 (39.54) | 6 (13.95) | 5.12 (1.58) | |
| Position | |||||||||
| Specialist veterinarian | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (13.33) | 16 (53.33) | 8 (26.67) | 2 (6.67) | 5.27 (0.79) | |
| Non-specialist veterinarian | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (9.01) | 0 (0) | 6 (54.55) | 4 (36.36) | 0 (0) | 5.18 (0.87) | |
| Resident/ intern | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (7.41) | 12 (44.44) | 12 (44.44) | 1 (3.70) | 5.44 (0.70) | |
| Veterinary nurse | 1 (1.30) | 3 (3.90) | 10 (12.99) | 6 (7.79) | 39 (50.65) | 13 (16.88) | 5 (6.49) | 4.79 (1.25) | |
| Trainee nurse/ animal attendant | 0 (0) | 1 (5.88) | 0 (0) | 1 (5.88) | 3 (17.65) | 9 (52.94) | 3 (17.65) | 5.65 (1.22) | |
| Client services | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (11.11) | 1 (5.56) | 1 (5.56) | 9 (50.00) | 5 (27.78) | 5.78 (1.26) | |
| Support services | 1 (5.56) | 3 (16.67) | 0 (0) | 3 (16.67) | 6 (33.33) | 5 (27.78) | 0 (0) | 4.39 (1.61) | |
| Leadership | 0 (0) | 1 (14.29) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (28.57) | 3 (42.86) | 1 (14.29) | 5.28 (1.60) | |
| Other | 1 (12.50) | 1 (12.50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (25.00) | 3 (37.50) | 1 (12.50) | 4.75 (2.12) | |
| Prefer not to say | 0 (0) | 1 (6.25) | 0 (0) | 2 (12.5) | 8 (50.00) | 4 (25.00) | 1 (6.25) | 5.06 (1.12) | |