quality of work life and job satisfaction among employees of health centers in ahvaz, iran

Background]the quality of working life (qwl) is increasingly considered in organizations interested in job satisfaction (js) and enhancing organizational effectiveness. objective: the current study aimed at investigating the qwl and js in the employees of health centers in ahvaz, iran.[methods]in the current descriptiveanalytical study, 143 technical staff of health centers in east of ahvaz were selected by the multistage random sampling method in 2015. data were collected using 2 questionnaires. data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, the pearson correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression with spss version 21.[results]overall, the walton qwl questionnaire scored 72.95 and the js survey scored 126.08 were in the moderate level in the current study. there was a significant relationship between qwl and js (p = 0.00).moreover, there was a significant relationship between js and all components of qwl (p = 0.00). the highest and lowest correlation was related to social cohesion (0.539) and safe environment (0.212), respectively. results of the regression analysis showed that the qwl explained 39.6% of the variance affecting the js (r² = 0.396, p = 0.00). among the dimensions of qwl, growth and security (β = 0.190, p = 0.03), rule of law (β = 0.277, p = 0.00) and social cohesion (β = 0.321, p = 0.00) explained the variance affecting the js significantly.[conclusions]due to the highest correlation between js and social cohesion, superintendent of health centers should strive to increase the js through development of teamwork, respect, and group decisionmaking.