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Development of a multidimensional scale to measure work satisfaction among pharmacy faculty members
Mark H Conklin1, Shane P Desselle
1School of Pharmacy, Duquesne University, USA.
Objectives:
To develop a multidimensional scale to measure work satisfaction among pharmacy faculty members and determine its reliability and validity.
Methods:
A literature review was used to assist in the generation of 36 statements that putatively comprise the satisfaction construct. The 25 items meeting a priori criteria in a modified Delphi procedure were included in a questionnaire sent by e-mail to 4,228 pharmacy faculty members. Principal axis factoring and scale purification procedures were used to identify a plausible factor structure.
Results:
Using responses acquired from 885 pharmacy faculty members, 6 domains of work satisfaction were identified: resources for scholarship, institutional support and reward, requirements for tenure and promotion, availability of a graduate program, collegiality, and teaching environment. The overall measure demonstrated construct validity, while each domain subscale exhibited relatively high internal consistency reliability.
Conclusions:
The overall work satisfaction measure and each subscale derived from composite domains can be used to identify sources of discontent and/or track interventions designed to improve work satisfaction.
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