The development of the job satisfaction scale for hospital staff in Taiwan

Artikel

The current study attempts to construct a valid and applicable job satisfaction scale for measuring the contentment level of hospital staff in Taiwan. The job description inventory (JDI) and Job Satisfaction Index (JSI) were adopted as the foundation of the job satisfaction measure for hospital staff in a selected hospital. To verify and validate the scale, data collected in 2012 and 2013, were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), respectively. Subsequently, Pearson correlations analysis was used to examine the strength and direction of the relationships between job satisfaction dimensions. Overall, the job satisfaction scale developed in this research illustrated valid and accurate measure for assessing hospital staffs' satisfaction. Both EFA and CFA results demonstrated that items consistently emerged six dimensions i.e. work environment, work achievement, compensation and benefits, education and training, promotion and evaluation, and management system. The findings also highlight that management support, work achievement, and promotion and evaluation are three critical factors that significantly contribute to high levels of job satisfaction for hospital staff.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: International Journal of Management, Economics and Social Sciences (IJMESS) ; ISSN: 2304-1366 ; Volume: 5 ; Year: 2016 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1-13 ; Jersey City, NJ: IJMESS International Publishers

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Classification Methods; Cluster Analysis; Principal Components; Factor Models ; Analysis of Health Care Markets
• Subject: Job satisfaction scale ; health organizations ; Exploratory Factor Analysis ; Confirmatory Factor Analysis ; Pearson Correlations Analysis

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Lee, Yii-Ching ; Hsu, Wei-Che ; Wu, Hsin-Hung ; Hsieh, Wan-Lin ; Weng, Shao-Jen ; Huang, Chih-Hsuan
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): IJMESS International Publishers
• (where): Jersey City, NJ
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/130518
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:46 AM CET