A Structural and Comparative Study of Work Satisfaction of Chinese Scientists

Abstract

This study was based on the questionnaire survey of China Association for Science to research the work satisfaction of Chinese scientists. Cronbach and factor analysis methods were first used for testing the reliability and validity of the questionnaire, the mean and percentage were used for analyzing scientists’ work satisfaction in all aspects, and finally the factor score and t-test were used for comparing the differences in work satisfaction of scientists from Chinese research institutes, universities and enterprises. Conclusions showed that the questionnaire had good reliability and validity, the scientists were satisfied with expertise applications and interpersonal relationships and dissatisfied with wages, benefits and opportunities for further study, and those from universities had higher overall satisfaction, while those from enterprises had lower overall satisfaction.