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Table 2 Reliability and descriptive statistics for work satisfaction subscales

From: Work satisfaction of professional nurses in South Africa: a comparative analysis of the public and private sectors

Satisfaction

All respondents

Private sector

Public sector

Factors

N of items

Cronbach's alpha

Mean

N of items

Cronbach's alpha

Mean

N of items

Cronbach's alpha

Mean

Autonomy

4

0.869

3.059

4

0.854

3.487

4

0.85

2.803

Resources

5

0.887

2.727

5

0.848

3.397

5

0.84

2.306

Career opportunities

6

0.925

2.592

6

0.936

2.987

6

0.896

2.337

Relation with nurses

4

0.897

3.582

4

0.893

3.697

4

0.901

3.514

Patient care

5

0.878

3.734

5

0.867

3.984

5

0.872

3.571

Relation with management

5

0.96

2.679

5

0.966

3.124

5

0.943

2.406

Relation with doctors

4

0.939

3.391

4

0.941

3.528

4

0.939

3.317

Personal time

4

0.917

2.868

4

0.939

3.12

4

0.896

2.706

Safety

4

0.925

2.839

4

0.923

3.57

4

0.878

2.351

Community

3

0.902

3.368

3

0.915

3.598

3

0.887

3.226

Pay

4

0.919

2.02

4

0.934

2.397

4

0.881

1.787

My career

4

0.87

3.047

4

0.888

3.507

4

0.835

2.751

Workload

5

0.922

2.244

5

0.927

2.777

5

0.889

1.94

Overall satisfaction

  

2.935

  

3.321

  

2.693