Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Psychometric Properties and Measurement Invariance of the Italian Version of the Job Satisfaction Scale.

Silvia Platania,Marilena Maglia,Roberta Auditore,Pasquale Caponnetto,Giuseppe Santisi,Martina Morando

doi:10.3390/ejihpe11030080

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The JSS is based on the theoretical position that job satisfaction represented an affective or attitudinal reaction to a job, and today is one of the most popular instruments used in I-O psychology. This paper discusses the contribution to the validation of an Italian adaptation of the Job Satisfaction Survey. Five hundred and twenty-seven participants (258 men, 269 women) were enrolled to participate in this study, aged between 19 and 65 (Mage = 36.0, SD = 11.7). The sample mostly worked in public administration, in health care, and in the educational sector. A self-report questionnaire is used to investigate the psychometric properties of this scale, also measuring other variables. A back-translation procedure is used. The results pinpointed the goodness of the scale and the normality distribution. Confirmative factor analyses and multigroup confirmative factor analyses were performed to verify the factorial structure of the scale. The results confirmed the same factorial structure of the original version, suggesting a nine higher-order factor structure. The results from the multigroup confirmatory factor analysis showed that this factor solution was invariant across gender (men vs. women) and found evidence for metric invariance, uniqueness invariance, and scalar and structural invariance. The findings confirmed the applicability in the Italian context.

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Inside the work environment it is important to consider factors that can positively or negatively affect the workers’ well-being
The results confirmed the factorial structure of the scale, critical values that exceed +2.00 or that are smaller than −2.00 indicate statistically significant degrees of non-normality
The attitudinal reaction implies positive and negative work behavior such as withdrawal towards work or positive approach: these behaviors are related to job satisfaction

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Inside the work environment it is important to consider factors that can positively or negatively affect the workers’ well-being. It is important to observe and evaluate how emotions such as happiness, stress and anxiety play a role in job satisfaction. “Job satisfaction”, is a set of combinations of psychological, physiological, and environmental factors that lead the person to be genuinely satisfied with his/her work [1]. Every worker plays a fundamental role in every context where a profession is practiced. The profits of work organizations depend to a large extent on job satisfaction and organizational commitment [2]. Employee job satisfaction increases motivation, performance, and reduces absenteeism and turnover [2,3,4]

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