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The Decent Work Questionnaire: Development and validation in two samples of knowledge workers
Author(s) -
FERRARO Tânia,
PAIS Leonor,
REBELO DOS SANTOS Nuno,
MOREIRA João Manuel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international labour review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1564-913X
pISSN - 0020-7780
DOI - 10.1111/ilr.12039
Subject(s) - work (physics) , discriminant validity , psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , convergent validity , internal consistency , engineering , psychometrics , clinical psychology , mechanical engineering , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
This research develops a Decent Work Questionnaire (DWQ) to measure workers’ perceptions of decent work. Current measurements of decent work are almost completely lacking at the individual worker level of analysis, and this study contributes to filling the gap. The authors designed their DWQ based on the substantive elements used by the ILO in its Decent Work Agenda, with the final 31‐item version of the DWQ yielding seven factors related to decent work. Showing good reliability coefficient values and good convergent and discriminant validity, this DWQ could open up new avenues for empirical studies on the concept of decent work.