A REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF THE PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE JOB DIAGNOSTIC SURVEY

被引:95
作者
TABER, TD
TAYLOR, E
机构
[1] School of Business, State University of New York at Albany
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10.1111/j.1744-6570.1990.tb02393.x
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Empirical research is reviewed to evaluate the test‐retest reliability, internal consistency, scale discrimination, factorial validity, convergent validity across raters and methods, and methods bias of the Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) of Hackman and Oldham (1975, 1980). The review shows that the JDS has important psychometric limitations, but is able–when used properly–to provide useful information about perceived job properties. Suggestions are made for improving the JDS and for developing additional instruments that assess a broader array of job dimensions and that assess them more objectively than current measures. Job characteristics researchers need a diverse portfolio of measures to accomplish different purposes. Copyright © 1990, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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