Minnesota satisfaction questionnaire: psychometric properties and validation in a population of portuguese hospital workers

Abstract

Job Satisfaction is usually treated as a collection of feelings or affective responses associated with the job situation, or "simply how people feel about different aspects of their jobs" (Spector, 1997: 2). In 1967, Weiss et al. developed the short version of the MSQ -Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, a 5-point Likert-type scale with 20 items. This scale has been widely used in the literature being a well-known and stable over the time instrument with previous researches yielding excellent coefficient alpha.In this study we developed an exploratory factor analysis to assess the factor structure of this scale in a Hospital Workers sample, with N=140, recurring to IBM -PASW and encountered a 2-factor structure. Following this procedure, we conducted a Confirmatory Factor Analysis using AMOS, where our exploratory structure was compared with other structures found in previous studies.This work aims at improving our understanding of the nature and assessment of Job Satisfaction in the Portuguese healthcare context, providing a more stable ground for future research in this area.

Análisis psicométrico de la Escala de Satisfacción Laboral de Warr, Cook y Wall en una muestra multiocupacional de Arequipa, Perú

“…En el campo de la psicología organizacional, existen diversos instrumentos para valorar y medir la sa sfacción laboral que han sido creadas para grupos profesionales específicos, se han validado en países muy diversos y que obedecen a concepciones muy par culares de la sa sfacción laboral (Moumtzoglou, 2010;De Gieter, De Cooman, Pepermans, & Jegers, 2010;Mar ns, & Proença, 2012). Algunas de estas pruebas son generales o unidimensionales (Ironson, Smith, Brannick, Gibons, & Paul, 1989), mientras que otras incluso, están compuestas de un solo ítem (Dolbier, Ebster, McCalister, Mallon, & Steinhardt, 2015).…”

Job Satisfaction in the Health Care Sector: Empirical Evidence from Medical Care in Greece

“…These factors are: intrinsic satisfaction, extrinsic satisfaction, recognition and authority/social utility. A recent study (Martins, 2012) in Portugal suggests that Minnesota Satisfaction questionnaire is a valid instrument for measuring the job satisfaction of global hospital workers.…”

Transformational leadership as a mediator in the relationship between satisfaction with remuneration and the retention of artisans in the military

“…The first questionnaire used to source questions was the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, which was developed in 1967 by the Department of Vocational Psychology Research at the University of Minnesota (see Martins & Proença, 2012). The questionnaire measures the level of all aspects of satisfaction in the workplace (Martins & Proença, 2012).…”

“…The questionnaire measures the level of all aspects of satisfaction in the workplace (Martins & Proença, 2012). Of 100 questions measuring employees' satisfaction with their supervisors' leadership styles, working conditions, remuneration, development, employee relations and more, seven questions related to remuneration were extracted and derived from the themes identified in the literature review.…”