title: Impact of satisfactions with psychological reward and pay on Chinese nurses' work attitudes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the impact of satisfaction with psychological rewards (received from the head nurse and from physicians) and with pay on Chinese nurses' work attitudes.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a cross-sectional survey in China. A total of 413 nurses completed our survey. We examined the effect of satisfactions with psychological rewards and pay on work attitudes by performing a series of hierarchical regression analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found that both satisfaction with pay and satisfaction with psychological rewards from the head nurse significantly predicted work attitudes, whereas satisfaction with psychological rewards from physicians did not.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results illustrate that when nurses feel satisfied with their pay and the psychological rewards received from the head nurse they exhibit more positive work attitudes.
authors.affiliation: ICU Department, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250033 Shandong, China. Electronic address: chenfeifei2004@sina.cn.
authors.forename: Feifei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department of Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012 Shandong, China. Electronic address: yangmin1956912@sina.com.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Central Venous Transfusion Department, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012 Shandong, China. Electronic address: gaoweisdu@163.com.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department of Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Qingdao, 266035 Shandong, China. Electronic address: qiluliuye@126.com.
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Research Group Work & Organizational Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: sara.de.gieter@telenet.be.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Gieter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012201:Reward; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Nursing shortage; Pay; Pay satisfaction; Psychological rewards; Work attitudes