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A New Academic Quality at Work Tool (AQ@workT) to Assess the Quality of Life at Work in the Italian Academic Context
Margherita BrondinoFulvio SignoreAgnese ZambelliEmanuela IngusciSilvia PignataAmelia ManutiMaria Luisa GiancasproAlessandra FalcoDamiano GirardiDina GuglielmiMarco DepoloBarbara LoeraDaniela ConversoSara ViottiAndreina BrunoSilvia GilardiMichela CortiniFrancesco PaceVincenza CaponeSilvia PlataniaMargherita ZitoMargherita PasiniMassimo MigliorettiGiuseppina Dell’aversanaGiuseppe CarrusPaola Spagnolisubject
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Refereed/Peer-reviewed The present study provides evidence for a valid and reliable tool, the Academic Quality at Work Tool (AQ@workT), to investigate the quality of life at work in academics within the Italian university sector. The AQ@workT was developed by the QoL@Work research team, namely a group of expert academics in the field of work and organizational psychology affiliated with the Italian Association of Psychologists. The tool is grounded in the job demands-resources model and its psychometric properties were assessed in three studies comprising a wide sample of lecturers, researchers, and professors: a pilot study (N = 120), a calibration study (N = 1084), and a validation study (N = 1481). Reliability and content, construct, and nomological validity were supported, as well as measurement invariance across work role (researchers, associate professors, and full professors) and gender. Evidence from the present study shows that the AQ@workT represents a useful and reliable tool to assist university management to enhance quality of life, to manage work-related stress, and to mitigate the potential for harm to academics, particularly during a pandemic. Future studies, such as longitudinal tests of the AQ@workT, should test predictive validity among the variables in the tool.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-21 | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |