Overall job satisfaction: How good are single-item measures?

被引:2333
作者
Wanous, JP [1 ]
Reichers, AE [1 ]
Hudy, MJ [1 ]
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[1] OHIO STATE UNIV, DEPT PSYCHOL, COLUMBUS, OH 43210 USA
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10.1037/0021-9010.82.2.247
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B849 [应用心理学];
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040203 ;
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A meta-analysis of single-item measures of overall job satisfaction (28 correlations from 17 studies with 7,682 people) found an average uncorrected correlation of .63 (SD =.09) with scale measures of overall job satisfaction. The overall mean correlation (corrected only for reliability) is .67 (SD =.08), and it is moderated by the type of measure ment scale used. The mean corrected correlation for the best group of scale measures (8 correlations, 1,735 people) is .72 (SD =.05). The correction for attenuation formula was used to estimate the minimum level of reliability for a single-item measure. These estimates range from .45 to .69, depending on the assumptions made.
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