scholarly journals Is Informality a Good Measure of Job Quality? Evidence from Job Satisfaction Data

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Pages ◽  
Lucia Madrigal
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Good Measure ◽  
Quality Evidence

scholarly journals Job Quality in Scotland

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Sutherland
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Job Security ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Employment Relations ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction

This article examines job quality and job satisfaction for individuals who are employed at workplaces located in Scotland. Using a series of indices constructed from responses in the survey of employees associated with the 2011 Workplace and Employment Relations Study, it investigates how job quality and job satisfaction differ across individuals. It also examines whether job quality and job satisfaction for individuals employed in Scotland are different from individuals employed elsewhere in Britain. Individuals employed at workplaces in Scotland are seen to have positive perspectives about the quality of their jobs. Although most maintain that they work very hard, nonetheless they are seen to have considerable control over most aspects of their jobs; are confident about their job security; and view their workplace managers as being supportive. In terms of differences across individuals, who have higher (lower) levels of job quality depends upon the index of job quality used. With the exception of their pay, individuals are seen to be satisfied with all aspects of their jobs, although the level of satisfaction does vary across individuals. There is little difference between employees located in Scotland and employees located elsewhere in Britain with respect to either job quality or job satisfaction.

University Graduates’ Employability, Employment Status, and Job Quality

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente González-Romá ◽  
Juan Pablo Gamboa ◽  
José M. Peiró
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Hierarchical Level ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Career Identity ◽  
Human And Social Capital ◽  
The University

We investigated whether a set of indicators of the employability dimensions proposed by Fugate, Kinicki, and Asforth (i.e., career identity, personal adaptability, and human and social capital) are related to university graduates’ employment status and five indicators of the quality of their jobs (pay, hierarchical level, vertical and horizontal match, and job satisfaction). We analyzed a representative sample of university graduates ( N = 7,881) from the population of graduates who obtained their degree from the University of Valencia in the period 2006–2010. The results showed that indicators of human and social capital were related to employment status, whereas indicators of human and social capital and career identity were related to distinct job quality indicators. These results support the validity of the conceptual model proposed by Fugate et al. to investigate employability in samples of university graduates.

Unequal jobs: job quality and job satisfaction

2007 ◽  
pp. 233-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick McGovern ◽  
Stephen Hill ◽  
Colin Mills ◽  
Michael White
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Job Quality

Psychometric Validation of the Taiwanese Version of theJob Satisfaction of Persons with Disabilities Scalein a Sample of Individuals with Poliomyelitis

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-39
Author(s):  
Susan Miller Smedema ◽  
Fong Chan ◽  
Ming-Hung Wang ◽  
Emre Umucu ◽  
Naoko Yura Yasui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Outcome Evaluation ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Higher Educational Attainment ◽  
Three Factor

Objective: To evaluate the measurement structure of the Taiwanese Version of theJob Satisfaction of Persons with Disabilities Scale(JSPDS).Design: A quantitative descriptive research design using exploratory factor analysis (EFA).Participants: One hundred and thirty-two gainfully employed individuals from Taiwan with poliomyelitis participated in this study.Results: EFA result indicated a three-factor structure accounting for 54.1 per cent of the total variance. The internal consistency reliability coefficients for theintegrated work environment,job quality, andalienationfactors were 0.91, 0.77, and 0.59, respectively. Only theintegrated work environmentandjob qualityfactors showed positive correlations with life satisfaction. People with higher educational attainment also reported higher levels of job satisfaction than people with lower educational attainment.Conclusion: The three-factor measurement structure of the JSPDS appears to be parsimonious, psychologically meaningful, and interpretable, and can be used to improve the comprehensiveness of vocational rehabilitation outcome evaluation.

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