Measurement of nurse job satisfaction using the McCloskey/Mueller satisfaction scale

Nursing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-136

  Tourangeau, Ann E ^a,b,c   McGillis Hall, Linda ^a,d   Doran, Diane M ^a   Petch, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Job satisfaction; McCloskey Mueller Satisfaction Scale; Psychometric testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; ONTARIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646130613     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200603000-00008     Document Type: Article

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