title: [Job satisfaction and its influential factors in oil production workers].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the job satisfaction and its influential factors in oil production workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  423 oil production workers were investigated using the Occupational Stress Instrument.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The job satisfaction, job organization satisfaction, job itself satisfaction in the workers aged < 30 years old (45.69 +/- 10.98, 22.63 +/- 6.16, 23.07 +/- 5.39 respectively) were lower than those in workers aged > or = 30 years old (49.34 +/- 10.12, 24.60 +/- 5.40, 24.74 +/- 5.36 respectively) (P < 0.01). The job satisfaction in the groups of different service length was significantly different. The job satisfaction in the workers of service length 5-10 years was the lowest compared with those of service length < 5 years and > 10 years (P < 0.05). The gender, education, marriage did not show obvious influence on the job satisfaction. The relationship between psychological health, work locus of control, coping strategies, affective balance and social support showed a statistical significance difference (P < 0.01). Regression was analyzed by taking job satisfaction as strain and personal characters, occupational stress factors, coping as independent variables. Five variables entered regression equation. They were work locus of control, affective balance, social support, psychological health and coping strategies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The job satisfaction of oil production workers is affected by multiple factors such as the age, work length and social support.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
authors.forename: Ya-hui
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Xian-hai
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Shan-fa
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Xiu-ying
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Qi