Adaptation of the Job Satisfaction Scale: Validity and Reliability Study

Year 2020, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 17 - 31, 31.12.2020

Oğuz Başol , Mehmet Fatih Çömlekçi

Abstract

This research aims to carry out the Turkish validity-reliability study of the reinterpretation of the job satisfaction scale developed by Brayfield and Rothe (1951) and shortened by Judge, Locke, Durham and Kluger (1998). According to the results of the research conducted with the participation of 253 employees, the factor loadings of the items in the scale ranged between 0,841 and 0,932 and the total explained variance was determined as 77,99%. According to the confirmatory factor analysis results, the job satisfaction scale consists of 5 items and single factor (Chi-square / degree of freedom: 2.00; RMSEA: 0.06; NFI: 0.99; NNFI: 0.99; CFI: 0.99; GFI: 0.98 and AGFI: 0.95). The internal consistency of the scale was calculated as 0.929 and item-total correlations ranged between 0,756 and 0,886. As a result, after the analysis, it was concluded that the job satisfaction scale is valid and reliable for Turkish society.

Keywords

Job Satisfaction, Validity, Reliability

İŞ TATMİNİ ÖLÇEĞİNİN UYARLANMASI: GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI

Abstract

Mevcut araştırma, Brayfield ve Rothe (1951) tarafından geliştirilen, Judge, Locke, Durham ve Kluger (1998) tarafından kısaltılan iş tatmini ölçeğinin yeniden yorumlanmış halinin Türkçe geçerlik-güvenirlik çalışmasını gerçekleştirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. 253 çalışanın katılımıyla gerçekleştirilen analiz sonuçlarına göre, ölçekte bulunan maddelerin faktör yükleri 0,841 ile 0,932 arasında değişmektedir ve açıklanan toplam varyans %77,99 olarak tespit edilmiştir. Gerçekleştirilen doğrulayıcı faktör analizi sonuçlarına göre iş tatmini ölçeği (Ki-kare/serbestlik değeri: 2,00; RMSEA: 0.06; NFI: 0.99; NNFI: 0.99; CFI: 0.99; GFI: 0.98 ve AGFI: 0.95) 5 madde ve tek faktörden oluşmaktadır. Ölçeğin içsel tutarlığı 0,929 olarak hesaplanmıştır ve madde-toplam korelasyonlarının 0,756 ile 0,886 arasında değiştiği görülmüştür. Sonuç olarak analizler, iş tatmini ölçeğinin geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olduğunu göstermektedir.

Keywords

iş tatmini, geçerlik, güvenirlik

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