Satisfacția profesională în rândul logopezilor din România

Job satisfaction is defined by Spector (1985) as an affective and attitudinal reaction towards a job, deriving from cognitive processes of comparing different parts or requirements of the job with a persons’ desires and expectations. Speech and language therapists have a challenging job which involves long intervention periods, frequent interactions with clients, heavy caseloads and time pressure from clients’ families. Job satisfaction and well-being of these professionals are often associated with different occupational features regarding demand, support, acknowledgment, pay, or relationships. This study investigates the level of job satisfaction among 189 Romanian speech and language therapists using the Job Satisfaction Survey, JSS, (Spector, 1985, 2022). The results indicate that belonging to a professional organization is an important factor which influences job satisfaction together with supervision, work-relationships and a good communication in the workplace.