Zarlou Louis Otamias
University of Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Title: A Comparative Study of the Cultural Competency and Job Satisfaction of Filipino and Middle Eastern Nurse Educators: Inputs for an Action Plan
Biography
Biography: Zarlou Louis Otamias
Abstract
The study was conducted in selected universities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The respondents in the study were 53 Filipino nurse educators and 47 Middle Easter nurse educators (29 Jordanian and 18 Egyptian). A pre-construct survey questionnaire adapted from the revised (CDQNE-R) survey of Yates (2008) and the Nurse educator Job Satisfaction of Kuennen (2002).
Findings show that the self-assessed cultural competency of Filipino Nurse Educators teaching on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in terms of cultural awareness, cultural knowledge, cultural skills, cultural desire, cultural encounter and transcultural teaching behavior, revealed a high competent interpretations except for cultural knowledge and cultural encounter which only revealed competent interpretation. However, for the Middle Eastern nurse educators only revealed a competent interpretation of the same area. In terms of job satisfaction, the Filipino nurse educators revealed somewhat satisfied in terms of the work itself, collegiality and work load. On the other hand, for Middle Eastern nurse educators it revealed a somewhat satisfied interpretation for the work itself and collegiality, while workload revealed an interpretation of neither satisfied nor dissatisfied. This study indicated that there is a sense of connectedness between self-assessed cultural competency and the job satisfaction of the Filipino Nurse Educators teaching on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, but this link suggests opportunity for further concept and model development. It could also mean that there is potential to improve job satisfaction through cultural competence. The study recommends that exposures to the different people, culture and nationality have tendencies to increase the cultural competency.