Investment Model – job

Rewards/Costs
  1. All things considered‚ to what extent are there good things associated with your job?
None=1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9= a great many
  1. In general‚ to what extent do you find your job to be rewarding?
not at all rewarding = 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9= extremely rewarding
  1. Does this job have more or fewer positive aspects than most people have at their places of employment?
job is worse than most = 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9= job is better than most
  1. All things considered‚ to what extent are there unpleasant things associated with your job?
not at all costly = 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9= extremely costly
  1. In general‚ to what extent are there costs or hardships associated with your job?
not at all costly = 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9 = extremely costly
  1. Does this job have more or fewer negative aspects than most people have at their places of employment?
fewer negative aspects =1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9 = more negative aspects
Alternatives
  1. All things considered‚ how good are your alternatives to this job?
terrible =1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9= excellent
  1. In general‚ how do your alternatives compare to your current job?
alternatives are much worse =1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9 = alternatives are much better
  1. How do your alternatives compare to your ideal way of occupying your time?
alternatives are much worse= 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9 =alternatives are much better
Investments
  1. In general‚ how much have you invested in this job?
none =1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9 = a great deal
  1. All things considered‚ to what extent are there activities/ events/ persons/ objects associated with your job that you would lose if you were to leave?
none =1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9 = = a great many
  1. How does your investment in this job compare to what most people have invested in their jobs?
I’ve invested less than most people = 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9 == I’ve invested more than most people
Satisfaction
  1. All things considered‚ how satisfied are you with your current job?
not at all satisfied = 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9= extremely satisfied
  1. In general‚ how much do you like your job?
don’t like it at all = 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9 = like it very much
  1. Knowing what you now know‚ if you had to decide all over again whether to take the job you now have‚ what would you decide?
definitely would not take this job = 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9 = would take this job without hesitation
  1. If a good friend of yours told you that he/she was interested in working in a job like yours for your employer‚ what would you tell him/her?
advise against it =1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9= strongly recommend it
  1. How does this job compare to your ideal job?
far from ideal = 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9 = close to ideal
  1. How does your job measure up to the sort of job you wanted when you took it?
not at all like the job I wanted = 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9= very much like the job I wanted
Commitment
  1. How long would you like to stay at this job?
short period of time = 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9= long period of time
  1. How likely is it that you will quit this job in the near future
extremely likely =1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9= = not at all likely
  1. How committed are you to staying at your current job?
not at all committed = 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9= extremely committed
  1. How attached are you to your current job?
not at all attached = 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9= extremely attached
  1. On the average‚ how many hours per month have you spent attempting to find a different job?
________ hours per month‚ on average
 
Job satisfaction (α = .90)‚ involvement (α = .87)‚ Alternatives (α = .82)‚ commitment (α = .88).
 

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Rusbult‚ C. E.‚ & Farrell‚ D. (1983). A longitudinal test of the investment model: The impact on job satisfaction‚ job commitment‚ and turnover of variations in rewards‚ costs‚ alternatives‚ and investments. Journal of Applied Psychology‚ 68‚ 429-438.

Rusbult‚ C. E.‚ Martz‚ J. M.‚ & Agnew‚C‚ R. (1998). The Investment Model Scale: Measuring commitment level‚ satisfaction level‚ quality of alternatives‚ and investment size. Personal Relationships‚ 5; 357-391.

Bayer‚ Lucy. (2009). The Investment Model and Organizational Commitment: Predicting Workplace Behaviors. Haverford College. Dept. of Psychology. Thesis (B.A.)

Bayer‚ Lucy. “The Investment Model and Organizational Commitment: Predicting Workplace Behaviors”. 2009. Available electronically from http://hdl.handle.net/10066/3733.

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