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An earlier study by Blegen and Mueller (1987, p. 227) also established the significance to nursing of job satisfaction among nurses. Blegen and Mueller (1987, p. 227) considered the various dimension of the concept of job satisfaction, and narrowed the problem to be investigated to the association of selected causal factor with job satisfaction considered in a uni dimensional context. Blegen and Mueller (1987, p. 228) reviewed the development of a specific theoretical model of the relationship between job satisfaction and several factors. This theoretical model was then tested by Blegen and Mueller (1987, pp. 227230) for effectiveness is assessing job satisfaction among professional nurses. Blegen and Mueller (1987, p. 227) clearly delineated the significance of job satisfaction to the nursing profession. In this study also, the significance of the study purpose (testing a causal model of job satisfaction in relation to professional nurses) to the practice of nursing was derived from the broader statement of significance (Blegen and Mueller, 1987, p. 228). Blegen and Mueller (1987, pp. 228229) did not clearly state a specific hypothesis. The authors did, however, describe expected relationships between variables, which, in effect, developed implied hypotheses (Blegen and Mueller, 1987, pp. 228229). Blegen and Mueller (1987, pp. 227230), while not providing explicit definitions of important terms, did include such definitions in textual definitions. Blegen and Mueller (1987, pp. 230231) described and explained the correlation design employed in the study. The research design was appropriate for the implied hypotheses tested. The population for the Blegen and Mueller (1987, pp. 230231) study included all registered nurses employed at two Rocky Mountain area hospitals each of which had a capacity in excess of 300 beds. The entire population was included in the research sample (Blegen and Mueller, 1987, p. 230). Both the...