Table 2.
Psychometric Results for Job Attitude Scales
| Item | Factor Loading |
Difficulty | Fit Mean Square |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director Leadership (reliability = .90) | |||
| My program director: | |||
| Emphasizes using new ideas, services, administrative techniques, etc., before most other programs do. | 0.67 | 0.64 | 1.19 |
| Provides well-defined performance goals and objectives. | 0.66 | 0.44 | 1.20 |
| Inspires others with his/her plans for this facility for the future. | 0.78 | 0.19 | 0.98 |
| Gives special recognition to others' work when it is very good. | 0.69 | 0.01 | 1.28 |
| Leads by example. | 0.81 | −0.01 | 0.93 |
| Gets people to work together for the same goal. | 0.85 | −0.13 | 0.64 |
| Encourages new ways of looking at how we do our jobs. | 0.79 | −0.19 | 0.84 |
| Takes time to listen carefully to and discuss people's concerns. | 0.81 | −0.44 | 0.98 |
| Treats each of us as individuals with different needs, abilities, and aspirations. | 0.80 | −0.51 | 0.98 |
| Burnout (reliability = .74) | |||
| You feel disillusioned and resentful. | 0.73 | 0.87 | 0.83 |
| You feel depressed. | 0.63 | 0.49 | 0.87 |
| You feel like you aren't making a difference. | 0.36 | 0.40 | 1.12 |
| You feel that it is a real effort to come into work. | 0.53 | 0.37 | 0.99 |
| You feel tired. | 0.56 | −0.61 | 0.83 |
| You feel overwhelmed by paperwork. | 0.30 | −1.52 | 1.40 |
| Satisfaction (reliability = .78) | |||
| You would like to find a job somewhere else. | −0.69 | 0.82 | 0.96 |
| You feel appreciated for the job you do. | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.99 |
| You are satisfied with your present job. | 0.70 | 0.23 | 0.87 |
| You are proud to tell others where you work. | 0.64 | −0.46 | 0.86 |
| You like the people you work with. | 0.51 | −0.57 | 1.02 |
| You give high value to the work you do here. | 0.45 | −0.70 | 1.07 |