Abstract

MARTINS, Maria do Carmo Fernandes  and  SANTOS, Gisele Emídio. Adaptation and construct validation of Job Satisfaction Scale. PsicoUSF [online]. 2006, vol.11, n.2, pp. 195-205. ISSN 1413-8271.

The purpose of this study was revise semantic contents, validating and establishing the reliability of the Job Satisfaction Scale, formed by 116 items and grouped in 14 valid factors with unsatisfactory reliability. The semantic revision retained 113 applied to 600 workers-students, 51% women, at nocturnal schools of medium and superior scholarship with average age of 26 years old. Analyses of the principal components and scree plot pointed 7 to 12 components. The principal axis factoring (Varimax and Promax rotation) reduced the scale to 45 items grouped in 6 factors: "satisfaction with organizational support", "satisfaction with social utility of the organization and of work", "satisfaction with affective relationship at work", "satisfaction with professional recognition", "insatisfaction with inadequacy of the working opportunities" and "insatisfaction with working overload". Cronbach's alfas were .86, .81, .80, .82, .85 and .81. The job satisfaction construct was confirmed like affective and composed by two sets of factors. This conclusion corroborates the literature.

Keywords : Job satisfaction; Measurement Scale of Job Satisfaction; Construct validity; Reliability; Factor analysis.

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