A framework is the structure of ideas supported or tested by a study. The study titled ‘Job Satisfaction among a Multigenerational Nursing Workforce’ by Wilson et al has used conceptual framework to guide the research. A conceptual framework consists of concepts and ideas that have been arranged in logical manner to describe common themes and link them to broad generalizations. The study has identified and described the concepts of job satisfaction and retention based on information and data sourced from previous studies. The study for instance, gives two components of satisfaction; cognitive and affective (Wilson, Squires, Widger, Cranley, & Tourangeau, 2008).The framework was appropriately used to express preferred approach to the issue of job satisfaction among registered nurses. The authors of the study selected conceptual model because currently there is no widely accepted theory explain generational differences in job satisfaction. The framework has been effectively used to propose the relationship between variable and clarify concepts.
Moreover, it appropriately provides background information needed for the interpretation of results and promote the development of the theory. The study does not have the hypothesis or research questions. Hypothesis and research questions are very important in studies as they help focus the research (Gerrish, & Lacey, 2010). Research questions are concise and arguable interrogative statements that research strives to answer. On the other hand, hypothesis are researcher’s intelligent predictions about the relationship between variables or explanations based on broad assumptions and limited evidence. One possible research question would ask whether there are generational differences in job satisfaction among the registered nurses in Ontario. The null hypothesis would be; there is no significant generational differences in job satisfaction among the registered nurses in Ontario The proposed research question is appropriate because it is aligned with the primary objective of the study. Again, the proposed hypothesis is testable because the study was quantitative.
References
Gerrish, K., & Lacey, A. (2010). The research process in nursing. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K: Wiley-Blackwell.
Wilson, B., Squires, M., Widger, K., Cranley, L., & Tourangeau, A. (2008). Job Satisfaction Among A Multigenerational Nursing Workforce. Journal of Nursing Management, 16(6), 716-723.
