Shorter can also be better: The abridged job in general scale

Steven S. Russell; Christiane Spitzmüller; Lilly F. Lin; Jeffrey M. Stanton; Patricia C. Smith; Gail H. Ironson

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Shorter can also be better: The abridged job in general scale

Steven S. Russell, Christiane Spitzmüller, Lilly F. Lin, Jeffrey M. Stanton, Patricia C. Smith, Gail H. Ironson

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Abstract

The Job Descriptive Index family of job attitude measures includes the Job in General (JIG) scale, a measure of global satisfaction with one's job. The scale was originally developed and validated by Ironson, Smith, Brannick, Gibson, and Paul. Following structured scale reduction procedures developed by Stanton, Sinar, Balzer, and Smith, the current authors developed an abridged version of the JIG for use by practitioners and researchers of organizational behavior. They report the results of three validation studies documenting the process of scale reduction and the psychometric suitability of the reduced-length scale.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	878-893
Number of pages	16
Journal	Educational and Psychological Measurement
Volume	64
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0013164404264841
State	Published - Oct 2004

Keywords

Job satisfaction
Scale reduction
Test construction
Test validity

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Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Applied Psychology
Applied Mathematics

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