title: An instrument to measure job satisfaction of nursing home administrators.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The psychometric properties of the nursing home administrator job satisfaction questionnaire (NHA-JSQ) are presented, and the steps used to develop this instrument.
  
  
  METHODS
  The NHA-JSQ subscales were developed from pilot survey activities with 93 administrators, content analysis, and a research panel. The resulting survey was sent to 1,000 nursing home administrators. Factor analyses were used to determine the psychometric properties of the instrument.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 1,000 surveys mailed, 721 usable surveys were returned (72 percent response rate). The factor analyses show that the items were representative of six underlying factors (i.e., coworkers, work demands, work content, work load, work skills, and rewards).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The NHA-JSQ represents a short, psychometrically sound job satisfaction instrument for use in nursing homes.
authors.affiliation: A649 Crabtree Hall, Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. castleN@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Nicholas G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Castle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010563:Personnel Turnover / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011361:Professional Competence; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012201:Reward; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology