Research in reliability and validity of the Chinese version of job satisfaction scale

VernacularTitle:中文版护士工作满意度量表的信、效度研究
Author: Liping YU ; Xianwu LUO
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Nurse; Pressure; Reliability; Validity
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2009;25(11):16-18
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of job satisfaction scale in order to supply quantitative tool for evaluation of nurses" job satisfaction degree. Methods 336 nurs-es from 14 general hospitals were tested with Chinese version of job satisfaction scale and analysis was carried out for reliability and validity according to the test result. Results The total Cronbach's α coefficient of Chi-nese version of job satisfaction scale was 0.901, Cronbach's α coefficient range of every dimension was 0.732～ 0.921, re-test reliability was 0.832, 9 factors were extracted through factors analysis and they explained 59.57%of the overall variance. Conclusions Chinese version of job satisfaction scale has good reliability and validi-ty, it can be used in evaluation of nurses' satisfaction degree preliminarily.