Reliability and validity of nurses' job satisfaction scale and nurses' professional commitment

Mid-Taiwan Journal of Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 65-75

  Lin, Chouh Jiaun ^a   Wang, Hsiao Chiao ^a   Li, Tsai Chung ^a   Huang, Li Chi ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hospital nurse; Nurse job satisfaction; Nurse professional commitment; Psychometric testing; Questionnaire development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EXPERIENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TAIWAN; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34447505893     PISSN: 10293507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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