Author, as appears in the article.: Montañez-Juan, M; García-Buades, ME; Peróo, JM; Sora, B; Ortiz-Bonnin, S; Caballer, A
Department: Psicologia
URV's Author/s: Sora Miana, Beatriz
Keywords: Work design Work characteristics Validity Safety Reliability Performance Organizational citizenship Motivation Job satisfaction Job design Health Factor models
Abstract: Job transformation is changing work characteristics at a fast pace. This makes work design matter more than ever before. The Work Design Questionnaire (WDQ) is a powerful measurement of current work characteristics that can be used when (re)designing work to be safe, healthy, and motivating. However, its length represents a relevant challenge to its application. This study aims to validate a short version of the WDQ (WDQ-S) for Spanish-speaking countries. Through a two-waves longitudinal design, the WDQ-S was validated in a sample of 653 workers from 27 Spanish companies. Results confirmed the hierarchical factor structure, which comprised four general and nine specific dimensions, good internal consistency, and acceptable levels of convergent and discriminant validity. Hierarchical regression analyses showed predictive and incremental validity on job satisfaction and performance. The main limitation is that the WDQ-S was not tested against the original version, instead test-retest reliability was performed. Future research should replicate these findings in other samples, validate this scale in other languages and expand research with other outcomes. This study is relevant to in-dustrial and occupational ergonomics as it provides a useful tool for designing healthy, productive, and sus-tainable workplaces.
Thematic Areas: Sociologia i política Saúde coletiva Public health, environmental and occupational health Medicina i Interdisciplinar Human factors and ergonomics Ergonomics Engineering, industrial Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Educação física Economia Comunicació i informació Ciencias sociales Ciências agrárias i Ciência da computação Arquitetura, urbanismo e design Arquitetura e urbanismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: beatriz.sora@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-7947-3948
Record's date: 2024-08-03
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169814123000938
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: International Journal Of Industrial Ergonomics. 97
APA: Montañez-Juan, M; García-Buades, ME; Peróo, JM; Sora, B; Ortiz-Bonnin, S; Caballer, A (2023). Development and validation of the Spanish short version of the Work Design Questionnaire (WDQ-S). International Journal Of Industrial Ergonomics, 97(), -. DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2023.103501
Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2023.103501
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2023
Publication Type: Journal Publications