Correlation Between Incentives and Nurses’ Job Satisfaction in Indonesia: A Cross Sectional Study in Surabaya Husada Utama Hospital

Nurses’ job satisfaction is one of the factors that determine nurses’ productivity and nursing service quality
in a hospital. However, nurses’ job satisfaction is still a problem experienced by most hospitals in Indonesia.
The purpose of this study is to explain the correlation between incentives given and nurses’ job satisfaction
at the main hospital’ inpatient wards in Surabaya, Indonesia. This study used a cross-sectional study design.
The study used a large sample of 53 nurses, with inclusion criteria of nursing job in inpatient wards, employee
staffing status and nursing actions. The sampling technique used is simple random sampling. The data collection
technique used questionnaire is and interviews. The results showed statistics test of Spearman’s rho that found
correlation between incentive and nursing job satisfaction with the value of p = 0001 and value of contingency
coefficient = 0.440. Based on the results of research it is found that giving sufficient incentives gives impact
to nurses’ job satisfaction at sufficient level. Therefore, the provision of incentives will be able to increase the
productivity of nurses and the quality of nursing services in the inpatient wards.
Keywords: Job Satisfaction, Incentive, Nursing, Productivity.