title: Toward an international measure of job satisfaction.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of the McCloskey/Mueller Satisfaction Scale (MMSS) in the West Bank, a dissimilar society and culture from the United States, where the instrument was developed. A second purpose was to measure the correlation between the MMSS total score and a single-item measure of job satisfaction. In contrast to the 31-item scale with eight factors of Mueller and McCloskey, four factors emerged in the current study: Interaction, Extrinsic Rewards, Control Over Work Environment, and Professional Participation. The resulting model is more similar to the original 1974 McCloskey conceptual framework than the 1990 eight-factor model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Health Nursing, College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Misener
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Haddock
authors.forename: J U
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Gleaton
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Abu Ajamieh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008877:Middle East; D009042:Motivation; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013192:Staff Development; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States