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Web-based computer adaptive assessment of individual perceptions of job satisfaction for hospital workplace employees.
- Source :
- BMC Medical Research Methodology; 2011, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p47-54, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Background: To develop a web-based computer adaptive testing (CAT) application for efficiently collecting data regarding workers' perceptions of job satisfaction, we examined whether a 37-item Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ-37) could evaluate the job satisfaction of individual employees as a single construct. Methods: The JCQ-37 makes data collection via CAT on the internet easy, viable and fast. A Rasch rating scale model was applied to analyze data from 300 randomly selected hospital employees who participated in job satisfaction surveys in 2008 and 2009 via non-adaptive and computer-adaptive testing, respectively. Results: Of the 37 items on the questionnaire, 24 items fit the model fairly well. Person-separation reliability for the 2008 surveys was 0.88. Measures from both years and item-8 job satisfaction for groups were successfully evaluated through item-by-item analyses by using t-test. Workers aged 26 - 35 felt that job satisfaction was significantly worse in 2009 than in 2008. Conclusions: A Web-CAT developed in the present paper was shown to be more efficient than traditional computer-based or pen-and-paper assessments at collecting data regarding workers' perceptions of job content. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712288
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BMC Medical Research Methodology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 61012671
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-11-47