title: More alike than different: a comparison of male and female RNs in rural and remote Canada.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore gender differences and similarities on personal, employment and work-life factors and predictors of job satisfaction among registered nurses in rural and remote Canada.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Research suggests that men and women are attracted to nursing for different reasons, with job security, range of employment opportunities and wages being important for male nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using data from a large national survey of registered nurses in rural and remote Canada, descriptive and multiple linear regression analyses were used to identify gender differences and similarities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A larger proportion of male nurses reported experiencing aggression in the workplace. Age, annual gross income and colleague support in medicine were not found to be predictors of work satisfaction for the male nurses, although they were for women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are more similarities than differences between male and female registered nurses in factors that affect job satisfaction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nursing management needs to increase their awareness of the potential for workplace aggression towards male registered nurses and to explore the perceptions of interpersonal interactions that affect satisfaction in the workplace.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada. me.andrews@usask.ca
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: Norma J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Debra G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Arcy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult