title: Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction of Immigrant Korean Nurses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  An increasing number of foreign-born nurses are working in the United States. Nurses' job satisfaction is a critical issue for quality patient care. The purpose of this study was to examine factors affecting the job satisfaction of immigrant Korean nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used a cross-sectional mailed survey design. A convenience sample (n = 105) of members of the Greater New York Korean Nurses Association currently working or had previously worked in the United States completed the questionnaires. We used hierarchical regression to test the effects of acculturation and life satisfaction on job satisfaction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most participants were female (n = 98, 93.3%) aged 27 to 70 years (mean = 52.27 years, SD = 10.67). In the regression model, life satisfaction, self-esteem, and perceived stress predicted job satisfaction (F = 5.127, p < .001) and explained 44.5% of the variance of job satisfaction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  U.S. nurses need to gain insight into factors influencing job satisfaction in Korean nurses to promote retention and quality care.
authors.affiliation: Inje University, Seoul, Korea ajy0130@inje.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Ji-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: An
authors.affiliation: Sun Moon University, Chungnam, Korea.
authors.forename: Sunkyung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.affiliation: Far East University, Chungbuk, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyunjung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.affiliation: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Jeanne S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ruggiero
authors.affiliation: Joongbu University, Chungnam, Korea.
authors.forename: Haeran
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016746:Transcultural Nursing; D014481:United States
keywords: immigrant Korean nurses; job satisfaction; life satisfaction; organizational factors; self-efficacy; self-esteem