Job Satisfaction of Occupational Therapists: Supervisors and Managers versus Direct Service Staff

Abstract

Overall job satisfaction and the specific work incentives and disincentives that were responsible for job satisfaction or dissatisfaction were surveyed in 489 occupational therapists Job satisfaction was found to be moderately high, and the respondents rated achievement and interpersonal relationships with co-workers as work incentives Opportunity for advancement and working conditions, on the other hand, were seen as job disincentives Ratings on several of the job satisfaction factors differed as a function of the respondent's primary work role (i.e., supervision/management vs. direct service).