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Título Revista
Applied Research in Quality of Life
Ano (publicação definitiva)
2020
Língua
Inglês
País
Alemanha
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Abstract/Resumo
Quality of work life (QWL) is an important construct, based on satisfaction of worker’s needs. It is strongly related to higher work engagement and lower burnout. To properly establish comparisons between countries’ QWL with a psychometric instrument, the measure must show validity evidence, namely in terms of measurement invariance. This study aims to assess the validity evidence of the Quality of Work Life Scale (QWLS) by examining the internal structure of the measure (i.e., dimensionality, reliability, and measurement invariance) and its relations with other variables such as burnout and work engagement. The measure was tested using a total sample of 1163 workers, 566 workers from Portugal, and 597 from Brazil. The data had a good fit to the QWLS second-order model and good reliability estimates for the two countries. Full-uniqueness measurement invariance was achieved for data for Portugal and Brazil and for gender too. The measure also demonstrated good nomological validity evidence by successfully predicting burnout and work engagement.
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Palavras-chave
Quality of work life,Quality of work life scale,Brazil,Portugal,Measurement invariance
Classificação Fields of Science and Technology
- Sociologia - Ciências Sociais
- Outras Ciências Sociais - Ciências Sociais
Registos de financiamentos
Referência de financiamento | Entidade Financiadora |
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UID/PSI/04810/2013 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
22153-01/SAICT/2016 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
UID/GES/00315/2013 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |