CYTOTECHNOLOGISTS

Cytotechnologists

Cytotechnologists

Introduction

Cytotechnologists work in a number of settings, such as hospitals or private laboratories. Particularly, cytotechnologists work in medical laboratories examining human cells for signs of cancer or other disease processes. The cytotechnologists issue a final report on specimens that contain normal cells. When abnormal cells are diagnosed or identified, cytotechnologists work in collaboration with a pathologist to reach at a final diagnosis. As mentioned above cytotechnologists primarily worked in laboratories so the purpose of this report is to assess and analyze if there is a difference in job satisfaction between cytotechnologists in a hospital laboratory versus a private laboratory.

Organizational behaviorists have found job satisfaction is important to both employees and employers. Higher job satisfaction has been correlated with, among other things, increased productivity and decreased staff turnover

To date little work has been conducted to the factors that contribute to the job satisfaction of cytotechnologists. Workforce issues, particularly recruitment and retention of qualified laboratory staff, are important strategic issues that will continue to challenge managers in healthcare. Major factors shaping the laboratory labor market in the next few years include increased laboratory testing and health care requirements of an aging population, new technology development and etc. These factors will increase the workforce demand for qualified laboratory professionals, Vacancy rates for laboratory professionals are increasing at a significant rate and will continue over the next ten years. These factors further highlight the importance of this study as it focuses on satisfaction behaviours of qualified laboratory staff. Therefore, the aim of this study is to assess the job satisfaction among cytotechnogists working in hospital and private laboratory.

Background of the Problem

Several studies have focused on determining whether or not there is a meaningful difference between the public and private sectors in terms of job satisfaction. Empirical studies exist which suggests that the public-private distinction has some credibility. Kumar and Achamnamba (1993) conducted a study to determine the job satisfaction of three hundred employees from public and private industries workers and administrative staff who completed the Job Descriptive Index. The result of the study showed that the public sector administrative staff has greater job satisfaction than private sector administrative staff.

A study by Solomon (1986) of 240 top managers from a variety of private and public organizations, administered two questionnaires. The result showed that private sector managers reported consistently higher levels of job satisfaction than public sector managers.

Job satisfaction is one of the factors in establishing a healthy organizational environment. Cytotechnologists are vital members of the healthcare team working behind the scenes. The diagnosis yielded from their work is important to other healthcare providers. Little is known about the factors that contribute to the job satisfaction of cytotechnologists. This is important, because satisfied workers produce higher quality work. In this respect, the question of how various factors affect the job satisfaction of the cytotechnologists gains importance.

Job satisfaction is designed as the degree of pleasure an employee derives from their job. Satisfaction comes from motivators or variables that are intrinsic or job ...