The Effect of Rating Scale on Response Style: Experimental Evidence for Job Satisfaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-73
Author(s):  
Luisa Corrado ◽  
Majlinda Joxhe
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Response Style

scholarly journals Kernel Causality Among Teacher Self-Efficacy, Job Satisfaction, School Climate, and Workplace Well-Being and Stress in TALIS

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Zhang ◽  
Chunyang Zhao ◽  
Yuqiao Xu ◽  
Shanhuai Liu ◽  
Zhihui Wu
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
School Climate ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Response Style ◽  
Extreme Response Style ◽  
Extreme Response ◽  
Teacher Self Efficacy

Teachers play an important role in the educational system. Teacher self-efficacy, job satisfaction, school climate, and workplace well-being and stress are four individual characteristics shown to be associated with tendency to turnover. In this article, data from the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2018 teacher questionnaire are analyzed, with the goal to understand the interplay amongst these four individual characteristics. The main purposes of this study are to (1) measure extreme response style for each scale using unidimensional nominal response models, and (2) investigate the kernel causal paths among teacher self-efficacy, job satisfaction, school climate, and workplace well-being and stress in the TALIS-PISA linked countries/economies. Our findings support the existence of extreme response style, the rational non-normal distribution assumption of latent traits, and the feasibility of kernel causal inference in the educational sector. Results of the present study inform the development of future correlational research and policy making in education.

scholarly journals Werksbetrokkenheid: 'n Empiriese ondersoek

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Engelbrecht ◽  
L. C. De Jager
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Job Involvement ◽  
Graphic Rating Scale ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Female Employees ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Full Day

The relationship between job involvement, job satisfaction and job performance has been investigated. Differences in job involvement between the sexes and between full day and half day female employees were also researched. Two questionnaires and a graphic rating scale were applied to a sample of 164 clerical employees. Job involvement correlated significantly and positively with job performance and also with the different dimensions of job satisfaction. No significant differences regarding job involvement were found between the sexes and between full day and half day female employees. Conclusions are drawn from the results obtained and recommendations are made for future research.OpsommingAangesien daar 'n komplekse verwantskap tussen werksbetrokkenheid, werkstevredenheid en werksprestasie is en teenstrydige resultate hieroor bestaan, is daar 'n behoefte aan verdere navorsing ten einde hierdie verwantskappe op te klaar. Benewens hierdie verwantskappe is geslagsverskille en moontlike verskille tussen vol- en halfdag vroulike werknemers in werksbetrokkenheid ook ondersoek. Twee vraelyste en 'n grafiese beoordelingskaal is aan 'n monster bestaande uit 164 klerklike personeellede geadministreer. Beduidende positiewe korrelasies is tussen werksbetrokkenheid en werksprestasie en tussen werksbetrokkenheid en die verskillende dimensies van werkstevredenheid gevind. Geen beduidende verskil is tussen mans en vrouens asook tussen vol- en halfdag vroulike werknemers ten opsigte van werksbetrokkenheid verkry nie.

A Scaled Threshold Model for Measuring Extreme Response Style

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-107
Author(s):  
Dirk Lubbe ◽  
Christof Schuster
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Threshold Model ◽  
Model Fitting ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Scaling Factor ◽  
Response Style ◽  
Individual Response ◽  
Extreme Response Style ◽  
Extreme Response ◽  
Item Responses

Extreme response style is the tendency of individuals to prefer the extreme categories of a rating scale irrespective of item content. It has been shown repeatedly that individual response style differences affect the reliability and validity of item responses and should, therefore, be considered carefully. To account for extreme response style (ERS) in ordered categorical item responses, it has been proposed to model responder-specific sets of category thresholds in connection with established polytomous item response models. An elegant approach to achieve this is to introduce a responder-specific scaling factor that modifies intervals between thresholds. By individually expanding or contracting intervals between thresholds, preferences for selecting either the outer or inner response categories can be modeled. However, for a responder-specific scaling factor to appropriately account for ERS, there are two important aspects that have not been considered previously and which, if ignored, will lead to questionable model properties. Specifically, the centering of threshold parameters and the type of category probability logit need to be considered carefully. In the present article, a scaled threshold model is proposed, which accounts for these considerations. Instructions on model fitting are given together with SAS PROC NLMIXED program code, and the model’s application and interpretation is demonstrated using simulation studies and two empirical examples.

scholarly journals Identifying the factors that affect the job satisfaction of early career Notre Dame graduate physiotherapists

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleni Bacopanos ◽  
Susan Edgar
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Career Stage ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Attrition Rates ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Future

Objective Previous studies have highlighted the short career intentions and high attrition rates of physiotherapists from the profession. The aim of the present study was to examine the job satisfaction and attrition rates of early career physiotherapists graduating from one Western Australian university. Methods A self-administered online survey was conducted of 157 Notre Dame physiotherapy graduates (2006–2012), incorporating a job satisfaction rating scale. Results Results showed that lowered job satisfaction was related to working in the cardiorespiratory area of physiotherapy and working in multiple jobs since graduation. The majority of graduates did not predict a long-term career in physiotherapy, highlighting a lack of career progression and limited scope of practice as influential factors. Conclusions Job satisfaction in early career physiotherapists varies across different clinical areas of practice related to several factors, including challenge and flexibility. New roles in the profession, including extended scope roles, may impact on the future job satisfaction of physiotherapists. Further studies are needed to explore the effect of these roles on workforce trends, including attrition rates. What is known about the topic? Physiotherapists predict careers of 10 years or less on entry into the profession. No previous studies have explored the individual factors influencing job satisfaction in early career physiotherapists across different clinical settings. What does this paper add? This study highlights specific factors influencing the job satisfaction of early career physiotherapists, including clinical area of practice. Physiotherapists working in the cardiorespiratory area were less satisfied, as were physiotherapists undertaking multiple positions since graduation. What are the implications for practitioners? This study informs employers and workforce planners on the factors affecting job satisfaction in early career physiotherapists. In addition, knowledge of issues affecting job satisfaction in the early career stage may assist educational institutions in their preparation of graduates for the future health workforce.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction of Librarians in Federal University Libraries in South-East Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-128
Author(s):  
Eunice Uchechi Edom ◽  
◽  
Remigius Chinedu Onuegbu ◽  
Nkechi G Leo-Ogbonna
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Job Security ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
Likert Rating Scale ◽  
Spearman Rank Correlation Analysis ◽  
Level Of Significance

geo-political zone of Nigeria. Two objectives and research questions respectively were stated to guide the study. Two hypotheses were also tested in the study. The study adopted a correlational design, and the population of the study was 98. Sample of the study was census which involves the use of the entire population. The instrument for data collection was researcher’s structured modified 4-point Likert rating scale. The data collected for the study were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) technique, while the hypotheses were tested for significance statistically using Spearman Rank Correlation analysis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between staff promotion and job satisfaction of librarians in libraries of federal universities in South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The findings further revealed that there is also significant relationship between staff job security and job satisfaction of librarians in libraries of federal universities in South-East geo-political zone of Nigeria. The study recommended that staff promotion should be done regularly and as at when due to motivate the librarians to work hard in their workplaces. It is also recommended that librarians job security should be guaranteed at all times to ensure that they put in their best in the performance of their official duties to the benefit of their libraries. Keywords: Job satisfaction, Librarians, Federal Universities, University libraries.

scholarly journals Different Styles, Different Times: How Response Times Can Inform Our Knowledge About the Response Process in Rating Scale Measurement

Assessment ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 107319111990000
Author(s):  
Mirka Henninger ◽  
Hansjörg Plieninger
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Response Times ◽  
Response Speed ◽  
Response Style ◽  
Response Styles ◽  
Response Process ◽  
Response Level ◽  
Specific Category ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Extreme Responses

When respondents use different ways to answer rating scale items, they employ so-called response styles that can bias inferences drawn from measurement. To describe the influence of such response styles on the response process, we investigated relations between extreme, acquiescent, and mid response style and response times in three studies using multilevel modeling. On the response level, agreement and midpoint, but not extreme responses were slower. On the person level, response times increased for extreme, but not for acquiescence or mid response style traits. For all three response styles, we found negative cross-level interaction effects, indicating that a response matching the response style trait is faster. The results demonstrate that response styles facilitate the choice of specific category combinations in terms of response speed across a wide range of response style trait levels.

A Cross-National Comparison of Extreme Response Style Measures

2014 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Peterson ◽  
Pablo Rhi-Perez ◽  
Gerald Albaum
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Response Style ◽  
Traditional Measure ◽  
A Value ◽  
Extreme Response Style ◽  
Extreme Response ◽  
National Comparison ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Cross National

Five measures of extreme response style were compared across 6,146 study participants from 36 countries: the traditional measure, a modified traditional measure, the individual standard deviation, an index of dispersion and an index of entropy. The traditional measure of extreme response style, whereby the two extreme categories of an item or rating scale are assigned a value of ‘1’, all interior categories are assigned a value of ‘0’ and the sum of the ‘1’ values reflects the extent of extreme responding behaviour, performed slightly better than the other extreme response style measures examined with respect to reliability and ability to discriminate. The traditional measure of extreme response style was positively related to the variance of an attitudinal variable but unrelated to its mean. It was also related to Hofstede's cultural orientation variables of individualism-collectivism and power distance. Future cross-cultural and cross-national empirical research should systematically incorporate measures of extreme responding so that more is learned about the phenomenon and its possible effects.

Measuring patient response biases by means of a new self-rated questionnaire evaluating severity of depression

1991 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 187-194
Author(s):  
J Brébion ◽  
M Smith ◽  
JF Allilaire
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Response Style ◽  
Symptom Reporting ◽  
Patient Response ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Systematic Biases ◽  
Severity Of Depression ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Response Biases ◽  
Clinical Instrument

SummaryWe present here a new instrument of measurement for systematic biases in patient response style when evaluating severity of depression, in the form of a self-rated questionnaire derived from the MMPI containing 37 items rating depressive severity (DSS), 15 items of the L scale, 27 items of the K scale, and 51 items of the F scale, making a total of 130 yes-no items. The scores of these 4 scales allow an estimation not only of depressive severity, but also of the attitude of the subject towards his own style of symptom reporting: “defense” and desire to appear “normal”, or on the contrary tendency towards exaggeration. In a population of 66 depressives, this instrument was correlated with the MADRS depression rating scale (P < 0.0001), which shows its sensitivity to depressive severity. The F scale and Gough’s index (F-K) were also shown to be correlated with MADRS scores. This self-rated questionnaire constitutes a clinical instrument that is simple and practical both to administer and to correct.

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