Interprofessional work and job satisfaction among elderly care workers in Japan

Abstract

  This study explores the relationship between interprofessional work (IPW) and job satisfaction. I also analyze how the forms of care service delivery (home care or nursing home) moderate the relationship between intra- or inter-organizational IPW and job satisfaction among elderly care workers in Japan, using conservation of resources theory (COR) and Reeves’ typologies of IPW. Results from the State of Care Work Survey (Kaigo Rodo Jittai Chosa) of 18,035 elderly care workers in Japan indicated that IPW had a positive influence on job satisfaction. It was also found that intra-organizational IPW as well as inter-organizational IPW among home care workers were higher than those among nursing home workers. However, the forms of care service delivery had no significant moderating effects on the relationship between intra- or inter-organizational IPW and job satisfaction.