title: Job satisfaction among nursing personnel in Hong Kong: a questionnaire survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the perceived importance and actual level of job satisfaction among enrolled nurses (ENs), registered nurses (RNs), specialty nurses (SNs) and nurse managers (NMs) in Hong Kong.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  In the past, few studies have been conducted to investigate job satisfaction among different groups of nursing personnel.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross-sectional study. Stamps and Piedmonte's Index of Work Satisfaction (IWS) Scale was used to measure the level of job satisfaction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six hundred and seventy-two nursing personnel from two large hospitals participated in this study. Discrepancies were found between the perceived importance and the actual satisfaction of job components among nursing personnel. The level of job satisfaction varied by position (F3,668  = 28.83, P < 0.001). Tukey's post-hoc tests further indicated that RNs had the lowest job satisfaction. The IWS scores for ENs, RNs, SNs and NMs were 12.3, 11.2, 12.5 and 13, respectively. Each group shared and had its own unique factors associated with its job satisfaction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The perceived importance and actual satisfaction with the six job components among nursing personnel varied by position.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Administrators should be aware that strategies to improve job satisfaction should be specific to job titles. No single strategy is appropriate for all nursing personnel.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Kin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Shirley Siu Yin
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ching
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: healthcare worker; job components; job satisfaction; nursing personnel; occupational health; quantitative approaches