Psychometric evaluation of need-based quality of work life scale in an Indian sample
Industrial and Commercial Training
ISSN: 0019-7858
Article publication date: 2 November 2017
Issue publication date: 2 January 2018
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the psychometric properties of the need-based measure of quality of work life (QWL) in the Indian context.
Design/methodology/approach
The need-based QWL instrument was validated using the 380 samples collected from public and private sector employees working in India. The data were obtained via self-administered structured questionnaires. The data were examined conducting exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses with the help of SPSS AMOS (version 21).
Findings
The two-factor model confirmed the superiority over the seven-factor model in the Indian context. The results are strongly supported by the extant literature in organizational behavior domain.
Originality/value
Despite being the second highest populated country and one of the largest skill labor facilitator to the work economy, India lags behind in well-being-related studies as compared to its Western and Asian counterparts. This study has validated and simplified the complex need-based QWL measure in the Indian context. This is easily understandable that QWL instrument is believed to encourage the well-being research in India.
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Citation
Rastogi, M., Rangnekar, S. and Rastogi, R. (2018), "Psychometric evaluation of need-based quality of work life scale in an Indian sample", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 50 No. 1, pp. 10-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/ICT-06-2017-0041
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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