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A brief index of affective job satisfaction

Thompson, E. R. and Phua, F. T. T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5736-5973 (2012) A brief index of affective job satisfaction. Group & Organization Management, 37 (3). 275-307 . ISSN 1059-6011

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1177/1059601111434201

Abstract/Summary

This article responds to criticisms that affective job satisfaction research suffers serious measurement problems: Noncomparable measures; studies conceptualizing job satisfaction affectively but measuring it cognitively; and ad hoc measures lacking systematic development and validation, especially across populations by nationality, job level, and job type. We address these problems through a series of qualitative (total N = 28) and quantitative (total N = 901) studies to systematically develop and validate a short affective job satisfaction measure ultimately deriving from Brayfield and Rothe’s (1951) job satisfaction index. Unlike any previous job satisfaction measure, the resulting four-item Brief Index of Affective Job Satisfaction is overtly affective, minimally cognitive, and optimally brief. The new measure also differs from any previous job satisfaction measure in being comprehensively validated not just for internal consistency reliability, temporal stability, convergent and criterion-related validities, but also for cross-population invariance by nationality, job level, and job type.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of the Built Environment > Organisation, People and Technology group
ID Code:26022
Uncontrolled Keywords:affective job satisfaction; brief measure; Brayfield and Rothe; development and validation
Publisher:Sage

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