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Job Satisfaction of Registered Dietitians Across Workplace Settings and Sectors in Lebanon: A Cross‐ Sectional Study

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  • Mira Daher
  • Carole Serhan
  • Mireille Serhan

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Lebanese registered dietitians are employed in various practice settings; however, little is known about their job satisfaction. This cross‐sectional study aimed to determine job satisfaction among Lebanese female dietitians working in different professional fields, between the private and the public sector. Job satisfaction was measured with Spector's Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) as a validated tool. Descriptive statistics were performed on socio‐demographic data. The comparison of the nine facets in job satisfaction among eight workplace fields was conducted using the Kruskal‐Wallis test. The same test was used for the comparison between the private and the public workplace sectors. In our study, dietitians were found to be satisfied with their job with a median score of 146 and a significant difference among different workplaces (X2 = 572.341, p

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  • Mira Daher & Carole Serhan & Mireille Serhan, 2025. "Job Satisfaction of Registered Dietitians Across Workplace Settings and Sectors in Lebanon: A Cross‐ Sectional Study," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(6), pages 1289-1301, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijhplm:v:40:y:2025:i:6:p:1289-1301
    DOI: 10.1002/hpm.70015
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