title: Development and testing of an organizational job satisfaction tool: increasing precision for strategic improvements.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article describes the development and testing of a new instrument that measures organizational job satisfaction (OJS).
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Nurse satisfaction includes 2 different types of satisfaction: OJS and professional work satisfaction. To obtain valid results, each type must be measured correctly.
  
  
  METHODS
  A metasynthesis of OJS was conducted from 3 sources: nurse satisfaction instruments, attributes present in recruitment advertisements, and nursing comments from a national survey. A cross-walk of these sources provided 17 consistent OJS satisfiers. A survey of 10,000 nurses identified the importance of these satisfiers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cronbach α for the scale was .85. The satisfiers were grouped into 3 categories: universally important, moderately important, and unimportant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A synthesis from 3 sources, including identification of important satisfiers, provides validity for the OJS scale. The scale is a reliable and valid tool used to assess and evaluate strategies to improve the nurses' work environment.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Workforce and Systems Analysis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. srlacey@cmh.edu
authors.forename: Susan R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Lacey
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Teasley
authors.forename: Karen S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Adrienne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olney
authors.forename: Marlene
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmalenberg
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011361:Professional Competence; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology