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The JDI Research Group has developed and refined a set of measures of relevant variables ranging from Stress in General through Intention to Quit to the secular aspects of the protestant work ethic (Survey of Work Values). Below is a list of all available measures.
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Scale Name and Abbreviation
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Brief Description
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Item
Format
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# of
Items
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| Job Descriptive Index (JDI) |
Measures job satisfaction using 5 facets: Work on Present Job, Present
Pay, Opportunities for Promotion, Supervision, and Coworkers. Each
facet contains either 9 or 18 items. These facets can give organizations
a hint at which aspects of the job need improvement and which are in good
shape. The JDI Manual provides national norms, where organizations
can compare scores of their employees with others of the same organization
type, age, gender, etc. The 5 facets are also good at predicting
outcomes such as turnover and intentions to quit.
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Yes/No/? |
72
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| Job in General (JIG) |
The JIG measures global, or overall, job satisfaction. The JIG
has been shown to predict intentions to quit above and beyond the 5 facets
of the JDI. The JIG is coupled with the JDI, and are distributed
together.
|
Yes/No/? |
18
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Abridged Job
Descriptive
Index (AJDI) |
While the JDI is one of the most psychometrically sound measures of
job satisfaction, when used in combination with other scales its length
is sometimes a detractor. In response to this concern, the JDI Research
Group developed an abridged version of the JDI. In the AJDI, each
facet contains 5 items, reducing its overall length significantly.
Reliability and predictive validity remains strong.
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Yes/No/? |
25
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Abridged Job
in General (AJIG) |
As a complement to the AJDI, an abridged version of the JIG was developed
as well. |
Yes/No/? |
8
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| Stress in General (SIG) |
In the process of revising the JDI, we noticed some items affiliated
with stress. Since high stress is associated with with low job satisfaction,
we used our scale-development expertise to develop a scale measuring general
stress levels. Two factors of stress emerged--a "pressure" factor
and a "threat" factor.
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Yes/No/? |
15
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Scale of Life
Satisfaction (SOLS) |
We were curious about the relationship between job satisfaction and
life satisfaction, and developed a measure of life satisfaction.
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Yes/No/? |
16
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Survey of Work
Values-Unisex
(SWV-U) |
The SWV measures dimensions of the Protestant Work Ethic (as was explained
by Max Weber). The SWV was sexist language (e.g., Man's job is to....),
so the SWV-U made the scale gender-neutral.
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5-point
Likert
Scale |
54
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| Trust in Management (TIM) |
Our research has indicated that trust in the upper management (not
the supervisor) is a very important but rarely-examined element related
to job satisfaction.
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Yes/No/? |
25
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| Intentions to Quit (ITQ) |
While intentions to quit are frequently measured as a proxy for turnover
itself, only one validated scale of ITQ has been published. In response
to criticisms of this (and other) scale(s), the JDI Research Group has
undertaken the task of developing and validating a measure of turnover
intentions.
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7-point
Likert
Scale |
10
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References
Balzer, W. K., Kihm, J. A., Smith, P. C., Irwin, J. L., Bachiochi, P. D., Robie, C., Sinar, E. F., & Parra, L. F. (1997). Users' manual for the Job Descriptive Index (JDI; 1997 Revision) and the Job In General scales. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University.
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Cranny, C. J., Smith, P. C., & Stone, E. F. (Eds.). (1992). Job Satisfaction: How people feel about their jobs and how it affects their performance. New York: Lexington.
Ironson, G. H., Smith, P. C., Brannick, M. T., Gibson, W. M. & Paul, K. B. (1989). Construction of a job in general scale: A comparison of global, composite and specific measures. Journal of Applied Psychology, 74, 1-8.
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Zedeck, S. (1987, October). Satisfaction in union members and their spouses. Paper presented at the Job Satisfaction: Advances in Research and Practice Conference, Bowling Green, Ohio.
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