Development and initial validation of a multidimensional questionnaire on the relationship to work (RWQ)

Abstract

The paper presents first the theoretical foundations used to develop a pre-experimental version of a questionnaire on relationship to work, and then the four stages of its initial validation leading to an experimental version. These stages included: (1) Defining the dimensions and sub-dimensions of the relationship to work concept; (2) Operationalizing the dimensions and sub-dimensions and creating the items; (3) Verifying the face and content validity and developing the pre-experimental questionnaire; (4) Testing the pre-experimental questionnaire with 550 workers and 538 students, assessing its psychometric properties and elaborating the experimental questionnaire. Keywords Relationship to work • Questionnaire development • Initial validation Résumé Développement et validation initiale d'un questionnaire multidimensionnel sur le rapport au travail (QRT). Cet article présente d'abord les fondements théoriques qui ont servi à élaborer une version pré-expérimentale d'un questionnaire sur le rapport au travail et présente ensuite les étapes de sa validation initiale qui a conduit à la création d'un questionnaire expérimental : 1) Définition conceptuelle des dimensions et des sous-dimensions du rapport au travail; 2) Opérationnalisation et élaboration des items; 3) Vérification de la validité apparente et de contenu et élaboration de la version pré-expérimentale du questionnaire; 4) Test du questionnaire pré-expérimen-* Geneviève Fournier

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