Table 2. The means and standard deviations for all items of nine facets of the job satisfaction survey.

Subscale	Items	Mean	Standard deviation	Rating nurses with opinion as strongly agree or moderately agree (%)	Satisfaction ranking (descending)	Facet Mean of satisfaction	Facet standard deviation
Pay	Pay1	2.79	1.60	18.7	30	3.25	0.16
	Pay2	3.26	1.53	16.2	34
	Pay3	3.28	1.31	23.0	23
	Pay4	3.45	1.61	31.9	11
Promotion	Pro1	3.01	1.35	18.7	31	3.34	0.25
	Pro2	3.30	1.30	26.3	15
	Pro3	3.52	1.64	23.7	20
	Pro4	3.54	1.48	28.0	13
Supervision	Sup1	3.79	1.58	40.0	4	3.87	0.15
	Sup2	3.79	1.47	34.4	9
	Sup3	3.81	1.52	35.0	7
	Sup4	4.17	1.53	43.2	3
Fringe benefits	Fri1	2.64	1.23	12.4	35	3.20	0.28
	Fri2	3.20	1.40	21.9	24
	Fri3	3.21	1.51	19.0	28
	Fri4	3.53	1.36	23.7	21
Contingent rewards	Con1	3.01	1.47	18.7	33	3.14	0.12
	Con2	3.08	1.44	18.7	32
	Con3	3.19	1.45	21.9	26
	Con4	3.29	1.38	21.9	25
Operating conditions	Ope1	2.69	1.24	11.2	36	3.25	0.46
	Ope2	3.34	1.46	24.0	18
	Ope3	3.44	1.58	25.6	17
	Ope4	3.64	1.39	24.4	19
Coworkers	Cow1	3.28	1.44	26.3	16	3.84	0.59
	Cow2	3.39	1.33	21.2	27
	Cow3	4.27	1.39	43.9	2
	Cow4	4.21	1.67	52.7	1
Work environment	Nat1	3.67	1.46	30.7	12	3.89	0.15
	Nat2	3.90	1.63	34.4	10
	Nat3	3.95	1.43	35.7	6
	Nat4	4.23	1.47	38.8	5
Communication	Com1	3.13	1.65	23.7	22	3.35	0.31
	Com2	3.13	1.42	19.3	29
	Com3	3.33	1.33	27.5	14
	Com4	3.79	1.59	35.0	8