Measurement of attitudes of UK dental practitioners to core job constructs

Community Dental Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-51

  Harris, R V ^a   Ashcroft, A ^a   Burnside, G ^a   Dancer, J M ^a   Smith, D ^b   Grieveson, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Mersey Deanery ^*

Author keywords

Financing; Job motivation; Job satisfaction; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; ECONOMICS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATE DENTISTRY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 68549083867     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2294Harris09     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Aldefer, C.P. (1973): Existence, Relatedness and Growth. New York: Free Press.
2. Allen, D., Barker, T., Gibbons, D., Newton, T. and Thorogood, N. (1992): Public perceptions of the funding of NHS dental services. Br Dent J 173, 175-176.
3. Armitage, C.J. and Conner, M. (1999): Predictive validity of the theory of planned behaviour: the role of questionnaire format and social desirability. J Comm Appl Social Psychol 9, 261-272.
4. Buck, D. (2001): The privatisation of NHS dentistry? A national snapshot of general dental practitioners. Br Dent J 190, 115-118.
5. Calnan, M., Silvester, S., Manley, G. and Taylor-Goody, P. (2000): Doing business in the NHS: exploring dentists' decisions to practise in the public and private sectors. Sociology of Health and Illness 22, 742-764.
6. Cameron, S. (1973): Job satisfaction: the concept and its measurement. Michigan: Work research unit.
7. Chapko, M.K., Bergner, M., Beach, B., Green, K. and Milgrom, P. (1986): Development of a measure of job satisfaction for dentists and dental auxiliaries. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 14, 76-79.
8. General Dental Council (2005): Annual report 2005. Available on line at www.gdc-uk.org
9. Gilmour, J., Stewardson, D.A., Shugars, D.A. and Burke F.J.T. (2005): An assessment of career satisfaction among a group of general dental practitioners in Staffordshire. Br Dent J 198, 701-704.
10. Gorter, R.C., Te Brake, J.H., Eijkman, M.A. and Hoogstraten, J. (2006): Job resources in Dutch dental practice. Int Dent J 56, 22-28.
11. Herzberg, F., Mauser, B. and Snydeman, B.B. (1959): The motivation to work. New York: Wiley.
12. Lichenstein, R.L. (1998): The job satisfaction and retention of physicians in organised settings: a literature review. Med Care, 41: 139-179.
13. th September 2006. Available on line at www.ic.nhs.uk
14. Lynch, M. and Calnan, M. (2003): The changing public/private mix in dentistry in the UK: a supply-side perspective. Health Econ 12, 309-321.
15. Maslow, A.H. (1954): Motivation and personality. New York: Harper.
16. Newton J.T., Thorogood N. and Gibbons, D.E. (2000): A study of the career development of male and female practitioners. Br Dent J 188, 90-94.
17. Pine, C.M., Adair, P.M., Burnside, G., Nicoll, A.D., Gillett, A., Borges-Yanez, S.A., Broukal, Z., Brown, J., Declerck, D., Xi Peng, F., Gugushe, T., Hunsrisakhun, J., Lo, E.C.M., Naidoo, S., Nyandindi, U., Poulsen, V.J., Razanamihaja, N., Splieth, C., Sutton, B. K., Choo Soo, T., Whelton. H. (2004): Barriers to the treatment of childhood caries perceived by dentists working in different countries. Community Dental Health 21 (Supplement), 112-120.
18. Propper, C. (2000): The demand for private health care in the UK. J Health Economics 19, 855-876.
19. Shugars, D.A., DiMatteo, R., Hays, R.D., Cretin, S. and Johnson, J.D. (1990): Professional satisfaction among California General Dentists. J Dent Educ 54, 661-669.
20. Shwalb, D.W., Shwalb, B.J., Harnisch, D.L., Maehr, M.L. and Akabane, K. (1992): Personal Investment in Japan and the U.S.A. Int J Intercultural relations 16, 107-124.
21. Vayda, E. (1989): Private practice in the United Kingdom: a growing concern. J Public Health Policy 10, 359-376.
22. Walley, D., Bojke, C., Gravelle H., and Sibbald B. (2006): GP satisfaction in view of contract reform: a national survey. British Journal of General Practice 56, 87-92.
23. Wells, A. and Winter, P.A. (1999): Influence of practice and personal characteristics on dental job satisfaction. J Dent Educ 63, 805-812.