DIMENSIONALITY OF THE JOB DESCRIPTIVE INDEX
An examination was made of dimensionality of the Job Descriptive Index (JDI), a 72-item instrument designed to measure 5 dimensions of job satisfaction, and the utility of a larger number of factors. Data were gathered as part of a quality of working life study in a large US-based soft-goods company...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Academy of Management journal 1981-03, Vol.24 (1), p.205-212 |
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Zusammenfassung: | An examination was made of dimensionality of the Job Descriptive Index (JDI), a 72-item instrument designed to measure 5 dimensions of job satisfaction, and the utility of a larger number of factors. Data were gathered as part of a quality of working life study in a large US-based soft-goods company; over 2,000 employees returned usable questionnaires. The analytic techniques employed were essentially the same as those used by Smith et al. A principal components analysis was performed and was followed by a scree test of the eigenvalues. Nine non-trivial factors were found in the data, not 5 corresponding to the original scales or 7, as in Smith et al. The 9 factors include: 1. supervisor's ability to do job, 2. co-workers' interpersonal relations, 3. challenging work, 4. promotion opportunities, 5. pay, 6. frustration with work, 7. co-workers' ability to do jobs, 8. interpersonal relations with supervisor, and 9. fulfillment in work. The reasonably high reliabilities and low interscale correlations suggest the alternate scales' usefulness for organizational research. |
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ISSN: | 0001-4273 1948-0989 |
DOI: | 10.5465/255836 |