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A REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF THE PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE JOB DIAGNOSTIC SURVEY
Author(s) -
TABER TOM D.,
TAYLOR ELISABETH
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1990.tb02393.x
Subject(s) - psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , job characteristic theory , job performance , convergent validity , applied psychology , scale (ratio) , personnel selection , job satisfaction , portfolio , test validity , consistency (knowledge bases) , job analysis , internal consistency , social psychology , psychometrics , job attitude , clinical psychology , statistics , computer science , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , power (physics) , artificial intelligence , economics , financial economics
Empirical research is reviewed to evaluate the test‐retest reliability, internal consistency, scale discrimination, factorial validity, convergent validity across raters and methods, and methods bias of the Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) of Hackman and Oldham (1975, 1980). The review shows that the JDS has important psychometric limitations, but is able–when used properly–to provide useful information about perceived job properties. Suggestions are made for improving the JDS and for developing additional instruments that assess a broader array of job dimensions and that assess them more objectively than current measures. Job characteristics researchers need a diverse portfolio of measures to accomplish different purposes.