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Description
This measure, (Job in General Scale) developed by Ironson, Smith, Brannick, Gibson, and Paul (1989), uses 18 items to describe global job satisfaction. The measure can be used alone or in conjunction with the Job Descriptive Index (JDI), which assesses satisfaction with five job facets. Because individuals may use dif ferent frames of reference when responding to questions about facet and overall job satisfaction, this measure was developed to assess global satis faction independent from satisfaction with facets.
Reliability
Coefficient alpha values ranged from .82 to .94 (Konovsky & Crapanzano, 1991; Long, 1993; Major, Kozlowski, Chao, & Gardner, 1995; Rowley, Rosse, & Harvey, 1992; Wanberg, 1995).
Validity
Global job satisfaction correlated positively with affective organizational commitment, trust in management, satisfaction with the job itself, tenure with a supervisor, pay satisfaction, satisfaction with supervision, satisfac tion with promotion prospects, and judgments about procedural and out come fairness (Crapanzano, James, & Konovsky, 1993; Konovsky & Crapanzano, 1991; Long, 1993; Major et al., 1995; Rowley et al., 1992). Global job satisfaction correlated negatively with turnover intentions (Crapanzano et al., 1993; Major et al., 1995).
Source
Ironson, G., Smith, P., Brannick, M., Gibson, M., & Paul, K. (1989). Con struction of a Job in General Scale: A comparison of global, composite and specific measures. Journal of Applied Psychology, 74, 193-200. Items were taken from Table 1, p. 195. Copyright© 1989 by the American Psychological Association. Reprinted with permission.
Items
Responses are obtained as “yes” if the employee agrees that the item describes his or her job in general, “no” if the item does not and “?” if the employee is undecided.
| l. | Pleasant | 10. | Superior |
| 2. | Bad (R) | ll. | Better than most |
| 3. | Ideal | 12. | Disagreeable (R) |
| 4. | Waste of time (R) | 13. | Makes me content |
| 5. | Good | 14. | Inadequate (R) |
| 6. | Undesirable (R) | 15. | Excellent |
| 7. | Worthwhile | 16. | Rotten (R) |
| 8. | Worse than most (R) | 17. | Enjoyable |
| 9. | Acceptable | 18. | Poor (R) |
Items denoted with (R) are reverse scored.
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Mohammed Looti, PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES (2023) Job in General Scale. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/job-in-general-scale/. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.31575.96163