Table 2 Score and exploratory factor analysis results for the job satisfaction scale (n = 433)
Items | Score (\( \overline{\boldsymbol{x}}\pm \boldsymbol{\delta} \)) | Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 | Factor 4 | Communalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Your immediate boss | 5.38 ± 1.38 | 0.819 | 0.839 | |||
Industrial relationship between management and workers in your firm | 5.03 ± 1.31 | 0.704 | 0.828 | |||
The attention paid to suggestions you make | 4.60 ± 1.30 | 0.659 | 0.805 | |||
The way your firm is managed | 4.69 ± 1.40 | 0.637 | 0.748 | |||
The amount of responsibility you are given | 4.86 ± 1.33 | 0.635 | 0.746 | |||
Your chance of promotion | 4.22 ± 1.54 | 0.830 | 0.821 | |||
Your rate of pay | 3.61 ± 1.66 | 0.790 | 0.774 | |||
Your opportunity to use your abilities | 4.56 ± 1.35 | 0.624 | 0.749 | |||
Your hours of work | 4.46 ± 1.44 | 0.555 | 0.725 | |||
The freedom to choose your own method of working | 4.38 ± 1.46 | 0.724 | 0.798 | |||
Your job safety | 4.88 ± 1.32 | 0.643 | 0.788 | |||
The amount of variety in your job | 4.45 ± 1.33 | 0.634 | 0.805 | |||
The physical working conditions | 4.40 ± 1.44 | 0.571 | 0.798 | |||
Your fellow workers | 5.12 ± 1.25 | 0.716 | 0.822 | |||
The recognition you get for good work | 4.82 ± 1.25 | 0.681 | 0.813 | |||
Relationship with patients | 5.09 ± 1.19 | 0.550 | 0.732 | |||
Now, taking everything into consideration, how do you feel about your job as a whole? | 4.89 ± 1.29 | |||||
Eigenvalue | 9.998 | 1.162 | 0.779 | 0.652 | ||
Cumulative variance explained by factors (%) | 0.625 | 0.698 | 0.746 | 0.787 |