Work characteristics and occupational health: validation and proposal of a shortened version of the Work Design Questionnaire

IF 1.4 4区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY
Antonio León García Izquierdo, Ana M. Castaño Pérez
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Abstract

Interest in the study of work characteristics to explain how an individual's relationship with the work environment can lead to maladaptive responses has taken on renewed importance in the light of increasing concern for the development of healthy organizations and organizational diversity. This study aims to develop a shortened version of the Work Design Questionnaire (WDQ) with a view to facilitating its use and interpretation. The psychometric properties of this shorter questionnaire were tested in a multi-sectoral sample of workers in Spain, with due consideration given to the gender measurement invariance. For this purpose, we applied the questionnaire to a sample of 500 workers and analyzed the relationship between the answers provided to WDQ and specific occupational health variables (satisfaction, well-being and emotional exhaustion). Results showed adequate reliability and criterion-oriented validity for the shortened version of the WDQ, that is, the WDQ18-S, as well as evidence of factorial invariance across gender. We then discuss the results and their implications for the application of the WDQ in further research and the field of occupational health and psychosocial risks prevention. El interés por el estudio de las características del trabajo para explicar cómo la relación de un individuo con el entorno laboral puede conducir a respuestas desadaptativas ha cobrado una importancia renovada a la luz de la creciente preocupación por el desarrollo de organizaciones saludables y por la diversidad organizacional. Este estudio tiene como objetivo desarrollar una versión abreviada del Work Design Questionnaire (WDQ) con el fin de facilitar su uso e interpretación en este contexto. Las propiedades psicométricas de este cuestionario reducido se probaron en una muestra multisectorial de trabajadores en España. Para ello, aplicamos el cuestionario a una muestra de 500 trabajadores y analizamos la relación entre las carácterísiticas del trabajo y las variables seleccionadas de salud ocupacional (satisfacción, bienestar y agotamiento emocional). Los resultados mostraron una fiabilidad y una validez orientada al criterio adecuadas para la versión abreviada del WDQ, esto es, el WDQ18-S, así como evidencia de invarianza factorial de género. Posteriormente se discuten los resultados y sus implicaciones para el uso del WDQ en el ámbito aplicado e investigador de la salud ocupacional y la prevención de riesgos laborales.
工作特点和职业健康:工作设计问卷缩短版的验证和建议
鉴于人们对健康组织和组织多样性的发展日益关注,有兴趣研究工作特征,以解释个人与工作环境的关系如何导致适应不良的反应,这一点再次变得重要。这项研究的目的是制定一份简短的工作设计问卷(WDQ),以促进其使用和解释。在适当考虑到性别测量不变性的情况下,在西班牙工人的多部门样本中测试了这一较短问卷的心理特征。为此,我们将问卷应用于500名工人的样本,并分析了向WDQ提供的答案与特定职业健康变量(满意度、幸福感和情感疲惫)之间的关系。结果表明,WDQ的较短版本,即WDQ18-S,具有足够的可靠性和以标准为导向的有效性,以及跨性别因素不变性的证据。然后,我们讨论了结果及其对WDQ在进一步研究以及职业健康和心理社会风险预防领域的应用的影响。鉴于人们越来越关注健康组织的发展和组织多样性,有兴趣研究工作特征,以解释个人与工作环境的关系如何导致不适应的反应,这一点再次变得重要。这项研究的目的是开发工作设计问卷(WDQ)的缩写版本,以促进其在这方面的使用和解释。在西班牙的一个多部门工人样本中测试了这一缩小问卷的心理测量特性。为此,我们对500名工人的样本进行了问卷调查,并分析了工作性质与选定的职业健康变量(满意度、幸福感和情绪衰竭)之间的关系。结果显示,WDQ的缩写版本WDQ18-S具有适当的面向标准的信度和效度,以及性别因素不变性的证据。随后讨论了结果及其对在职业健康和职业风险预防的应用和研究领域使用WDQ的影响。
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Anales De Psicologia
Anales De Psicologia 医学-心理学
CiteScore
3.30
自引率
5.90%
发文量
57
审稿时长
4-8 weeks
期刊介绍: Anales de Psicologia / Annals of Psychology is a multidisciplinary journal of the various thematic areas of scientific psychology. It publishes original research articles and theoretical review in any of its basic, applied and methodological areas included within psychology. Publishing, financing, marketing and distribution corresponds Editum: Editions of the University of Murcia (Spain). The organizational guidelines and editorial policies come from the Editorial Team (elected for four years by the Areas and / or Departments of Psychology at the University of Murcia) and the Editorial Board, composed of scholars and experts from different universities and institutions national and international. It is published in print (ISSN: 0212-9728) since 1984 and in Internet publishing (web) (ISSN: 1695-2294) since 2000. Available online full text in pdf from the vol. 1 1984. Anales de Psicologia / Annals of Psychology maintains a system of exchange with other journals and publications of psychology in the world. Through an free exchange agreement with their respective publishers or entities responsible for editing, these journals and publications are received at the University of Murcia (Biblioteca "Luis Vives", near the Faculty of Psychology) and in return, our journal is sent to libraries and educational and research institutions such centers responsible for editing.
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