Table 3.

Comparisons of Job Satisfaction between Northern and Southern Hospitals

Subscale and Representative Items	Nurses in Southern Hospitals (n = 630)		Nurses in Northern Hospitals (n = 648)		t	p
	M	SD	M	SD
Administration	3.37	0.59	3.64	0.73	7.224	< 0.001
You have more flexibility in scheduling your work than nurses in other practice settings.	2.83	0.04	3.61	0.82	12.872	< 0.001
Workloads	3.01	0.44	3.27	0.50	9.788	< 0.001
∗You could not deliver better patient care even if you had more time.	3.96	0.72	4.48	0.87	11.596	< 0.001
Coworkers	3.87	0.50	4.22	0.62	11.008	< 0.001
You are able to work well with physicians.	3.81	0.78	4.29	0.98	9.673	< 0.001
Work itself	2.60	0.53	2.90	0.68	8.811	< 0.001
You do not feel inconvenience in your life because of the shifts.	2.23	1.14	2.79	1.05	7.699	< 0.001
Pay	2.25	0.82	2.42	0.95	3.177	0.0023
Your pay equals the pay in other agencies in your area/region.	2.65	1.06	2.99	1.03	4.789	< 0.001
Professional opportunities	2.93	0.62	2.81	0.84	2.947	0.0027
∗You feel there are fewer opportunities for promotion.	2.47	0.95	2.21	1.27	4.237	< 0.001
Praise/recognition	3.35	0.57	3.76	0.72	11.251	< 0.001
Patients and their families are satisfied with the care that you provide.	3.75	0.71	4.33	0.82	13.574	< 0.001
Family/work balance	3.40	0.77	3.99	0.85	12.93	< 0.001
You can cope with the relationship well between work and family.	3.70	0.79	4.32	0.86	13.371	< 0.001
Overall job satisfaction	3.10	0.39	3.37	0.46	11.208	< 0.001

^∗Item scores were reversed.