Quality of Work Life, Job Satisfaction, and the Facets of the Relationship between the Two Constructs

Ramawickrama, J.; Opatha, H.H.D.N.P.; PushpaKumari, D

doi:10.5539/ibr.v10n4p167

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“…Greater QWL can be achieved if workers' and organizations' goals are matched (Ramawickrama et al 2017). Improving QWL is a goal of the European Union, given that it fosters workplace innovation and sustainable work (e.g., Greenan et al 2014).…”

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The Quality of Work Life Scale: Validity Evidence from Brazil and Portugal

Sinval

Sirgy

Lee

et al. 2019

Applied Research Quality Life

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Quality of work life (QWL) is an important construct, based on satisfaction of worker's needs. It is strongly related to higher work engagement and lower burnout. To properly establish comparisons between countries' QWL with a psychometric instrument, the measure must show validity evidence, namely in terms of measurement invariance. This study aims to assess the validity evidence of the Quality of Work Life Scale (QWLS) by examining the internal structure of the measure (i.e., dimensionality, reliability, and measurement invariance) and its relations with other variables such as burnout and work engagement. The measure was tested using a total sample of 1,163 workers, 566 workers from Portugal, and 597 from Brazil. The data had a good fit to the QWLS second-order model and good reliability estimates for the two countries. Full-uniqueness measurement invariance was achieved for data for Portugal and Brazil and for gender too. The measure also demonstrated good nomological validity evidence by successfully predicting burnout and work engagement.

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The Quality of Work Life Scale: Validity Evidence from Brazil and Portugal

Sinval

Sirgy

Lee

et al. 2019

Applied Research Quality Life

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“…In-depth theoretical definitions of these constructs are necessary to enable better conceptualization of research problems and create accurate operational definitions which allow us to understand the overall phenomena and processes. Examples of defining the latter notion and attempts to operationalise the same by indicating the most important dimensions can be found in the works of several authors [Afroz, 2017, Bora et al, 2015Ramawickrama et al, 2017, Srivastava, Kanpur, 2014. Sirgy, Efraty, Siegel and Lee [2001, p. 278] brought attention to the relationship between the quality of work life and satisfaction of lower and higher-order needs.…”

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Job satisfaction of employees in Malopolskie and Pomorskie voivodship as an expression of the quality of work life – a comparative study

Stobiecka¹,

Pangsy-Kania²

2019

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Purpose -The aim of this article is to provide a comparative analysis of the results of research carried out in the Malopolskie and Pomorskie voivodeships in four areas: identification of key work attributes based on the ranking of their importance, assessment of satisfaction with the performance of work features being at the core of the analysis, exposure of the gaps between the expectations of employees and satisfaction with the performance of individual work features.Research method -The research was conducted using the survey method and purposive sampling technique. In both voivodeships the gender and age of the respondents' was identical. The measuring instrument included four work dimensions which consisted of 18 partial features.Results -In both voivodeships, the most important work features were: the opportunity to accommodate work with personal life (i.e. work life balance), working relationships with co-workers, fairness of the superior followed by remuneration and communication at work. Statistically significant differences in the assessment of satisfaction with the performance of six features were shown.Originality / value -The results obtained constitute a strong basis for developing a scale to measure the perceived quality of work life, allowing for comparisons between regions, taking into account the cultural environment in Poland. The high value of KMO coefficients and the satisfactory internal consistency of the scale allowed for the testing of competitive confirmatory models.

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“…Low-quality work-life can cause dangerous behaviors such as not coming to work, not completing assigned tasks, committing crimes at work such as stealing and interfering with workplace processes Drus, Nadaraja and Khalid (2019). Quality of work-life is needed to improve organizational and employee effectiveness Ramawickrama, Opatha and Kumari (2017). The quality of work-life system considers investment in human resources as the most important variable in the implementation of strategic management Jahanbani et all (2018).…”

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“…Prioritizing each goal with more emphasis on personal results, work experience to increase work to meet personal needs Kermansaravi et all (2015). When individual goals are integrated with organizational goals it will produce high quality products so that the highest productivity will be achieved by the company Ramawickrama, Opatha and Kumari (2017).…”

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“…It is well known that there are many studies on the relationship between work quality and job satisfaction in various countries such as Indonesia Nuari (2016) Pio and Tampi (2018), Sri Lanka Jenitta and Elangkumaran (2014), Ramawickrama, Opatha and Kumari (2017), Saudi Arabia Alzalabani (2017), Iran Kermansaravi et all (2015), Jahanbani et all (2018), India Sandri and Goveas (2013), Kenya Muindi (2006) and Malaysia Othman andMok (2009) Drus, Nadaraja andKhalid (2019). However, there are still few studies of analysis of the relationship between quality of work-life and job satisfaction as a literature review.…”

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Relationship between Quality of Work Life and Job Satisfaction in Asia: A Literature Review

Natalia

Pratama

Astuti

2020

JBMR

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Quality of work life and job satisfaction is very important in an organization so that it attracts the attention of researchers. There are a number of articles on the relationship between quality of work life and job satisfaction, especially the Asian context; but there is a dearth of literature review on such relationship.The purpose of this review is to examine the relationship between quality of work life and job satisfaction in Asia. Based on the results of the literature review from various countries and organizations in Asia, we find that quality of work life and job satisfaction have a positive and significant relationship in organizations in various countries in the Asian region.

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Quality of Work Life, Job Satisfaction, and the Facets of the Relationship between the Two Constructs

Cited by 18 publications

References 29 publications

The Quality of Work Life Scale: Validity Evidence from Brazil and Portugal

The Quality of Work Life Scale: Validity Evidence from Brazil and Portugal

Job satisfaction of employees in Malopolskie and Pomorskie voivodship as an expression of the quality of work life – a comparative study

Relationship between Quality of Work Life and Job Satisfaction in Asia: A Literature Review

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