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Warr's scale of job-related affective well-being: A longitudinal examination of its structure and relationship with work characteristics
Anne MäkikangasUlla KinnunenTaru Feldtsubject
PsychometricsJob control05 social sciences050109 social psychologyOrganisation climateStructural equation modelingConfirmatory factor analysisDevelopmental psychologyRating scale0502 economics and business8. Economic growthWell-being0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesOccupational stressPsychologySocial psychology050203 business & managementApplied Psychologydescription
Abstract The aims of this 3-year follow-up study among Finnish managers (n=615) were first, to test the theoretically-based structure of the job-related affective well-being scale (Warr, 1990b), and second, to examine the linear and curvilinear longitudinal associations between work characteristics and job-related affective well-being. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the hypothesized four-factor model best described the structure of the job-related affective well-being scale; that is, the scale included four interrelated factors of job-related anxiety, comfort, depression, and enthusiasm at both measurement times. Structural equation modelling showed that high feelings of comfort at work were longitudinally associated with a positive perception of the supportiveness of the organizational climate, after controlling for sense of coherence. Conversely, the work characteristics included in this study (job control and supportive organizational climate) did not serve as antecedents of job-related affec...
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| 2007-07-01 |