Decent Work’s Association With Job Satisfaction, Work Engagement, and Withdrawal Intentions in Australian Working Adults
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Article Title | Decent Work’s Association With Job Satisfaction, Work Engagement, and Withdrawal Intentions in Australian Working Adults |
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ERA Journal ID | 6360 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | McIlveen, Peter (Author), Hoare, P. Nancey (Author), Perera, Harsha N. (Author), Kossen, Chris (Author), Mason, Louisa (Author), Munday, Shannon (Author), Alchin, Carolyn (Author), Creed, Allison (Author) and McDonald, Nicole (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Career Assessment |
Journal Citation | 29 (1), pp. 18-35 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2021 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications Ltd |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 1069-0727 |
1552-4590 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072720922959 |
Web Address (URL) | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1069072720922959 |
Abstract | The present research is focused on the measurement properties of the Decent Work Scale (DWS) in Australia and adds to the cumulative evidence of the measure’s international utility for psychological research into the role of work in people’s lives. The study contributes new evidence via a survey of a sample of workers (N ¼ 201) who completed the DWS and criterion measures of career-related factors including job satisfaction, work engagement, and withdrawal intentions. Correlated factors, higher order, and bifactor models were tested using confirmatory factor analysis. All models were satisfactory and the bifactor model evinced preferable fit. The DWS Values Congruence subscale predicted all criterion measures. Workers’ incomes and ratings of their occupations’ prestige had no main effects or interaction effect on the DWS subscales. Recommendations for future research include testing the DWS’s relations with measures of mental health which are known correlates of career-related outcomes. |
Keywords | decent work; psychology of working; work engagement; job satisfaction |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520104. Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors) |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Education |
School of Psychology and Counselling | |
University of Nevada, United States | |
School of Humanities and Communication | |
Institute for Resilient Regions | |
University of Melbourne | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q5v50/decent-work-s-association-with-job-satisfaction-work-engagement-and-withdrawal-intentions-in-australian-working-adults
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