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Preliminary validation of the Satisfaction with Work Scale

Francesco Marcatto, Lisa Di Blas, Donatella Ferrante

Accepted September 25, 2022

First published December 16, 2022

https://doi.org/10.26387/bpa.2022.00006

Abstract

The present study describes the results of a preliminary validation of the Satisfaction with Work Scale (SWWS), a new measure designed to assess an individual’s general evaluation of job satisfaction, modelled after the popular Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). Two studies were conducted to test the psychometric properties of this new scale in terms of reliability, as well as construct, concurrent and convergent validity. In the first study (N = 194), the exploratory factor analysis suggested a single-factor structure of the scale, consistent with its development, and showed
a high level of reliability (a = .91), as well as a moderate to strong correlation with concurrent and convergent measures.
The confirmatory factor analysis conducted in the second study (N = 221) clearly supported the single-factor structure.
Overall, the results of this preliminary validation indicate that the newly developed SWWS is a valid and reliable instrument
to evaluate global job satisfaction.

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Keywords:

Job satisfaction

Perceived occupational stress

Satisfaction with Life Scale

Satisfaction with Work Scale

Turnover

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