Relationships between perceived support types and the job satisfaction levels of nurses

To identify the relationships between nurses' perceived support and their job satisfaction levels.

The sample of this descriptive and correlational study comprised 655 nurses working at a medical faculty hospital in Istanbul.

A statistically significant positive relationship was detected between the total score means of nurses' job satisfaction and perceived administrative support (r = 0.275; p = .001; p < .01), perceived coworker support (r = 250; p = .001; p < .01) and perceived organizational support levels (r = 0.262; p = .001; p < .01). The linear regression model was found to be statistically significant (F = 24.625; p = .001; p < .01).

Training and corporate regulations (e.g., performance system involving promotion, reward, wages) for increasing nurses' perceptions for organizational support should be planned. Activities that increase nurses' perception of social support could also increase their job satisfaction.