ABSTRACT
This study was done to compare nurse educators at both Alexandria and Cairo Higher Institute of Nursing, as regards their perception of the importance of given job characteristics to job satisfaction, the extent of their satisfaction and the predictors of their job satisfaction. A two parts questionnaire was used to collect the data. The first part collects demographic data, while the second part respondent rated the importance of job- characteristics to job satisfaction and indicated her satisfaction with each. Analysis of the data revealed, that the nurse educators at both institutes showed low degree of satisfaction. Educators ranked extrinsic factors in the importance index as more important than intrinsic factors. There was negative correlation between importance and satisfaction with some items. For Alexandria educators the intrinsic factors are the best predictor for job satisfaction, while age, years of experience, work group and self-actualization were best predictors for Cairo educators job satisfaction