Las variaciones de la satisfacción vital según edad y clima organizacional en trabajadores de la salud.

Life satisfaction is a predictor of physical diseases with a consistent relation to the age and labor satisfaction, though the relation to the age is still controversial. This work evaluates the impact of the organizational climate and the labor satisfaction on the life satisfaction of 623 workers at a hospital in southern Chile according to their age (20-29; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59 years old). It is done based on a model of structural equations. It was found that the organizational climate –as mediated by the labor satisfaction– has a direct and positive impact on the life satisfaction of health workers, which enhances as they get older and mostly in the range from 40 to 59 years old. A management intended to optimize the organizational climate as well as the labor satisfaction will contribute to enhance the health worker's well-being at the working site and, consequently, in his/her life satisfaction in general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]