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Validation of a short and generic Qualitative Job Insecurity Scale (QUAL-JIS)
Fischmann,Gabriel De Witte,Hans Sulea,Coralia Elst Vander,Tinne De Cuyper,Nele Iliescu,Dragos
Fischmann,Gabriel
De Witte,Hans
Sulea,Coralia
Elst Vander,Tinne
De Cuyper,Nele
Iliescu,Dragos
Abstract
The Qualitative Job Insecurity Scale (QUAL-JIS) has been used in job insecurity (JI) research for the past 9 years, without formal validation. The goal of the current study was to test the scale s psychometric properties. We checked the scale s reliability, as well as its validity, investigating evidence based on the scale s content, internal structure, and relations to other variables (convergent and discriminant, predictive and concurrent, as well as incremental predictive evidence). We additionally evaluated its cross-country and longitudinal invariance over three measurement times (6 months apart) in two countries (Romania and Belgium; NRO = 388, NBE = 1,992). We found evidence for the scale s reliability and validity, QUAL-JIS showing partial scalar invariance across time and between the two countries. Interestingly, qualitative JI measured with QUAL-JIS explained additional variance in the employees need for recovery above and beyond another popular qualitative JI scale.
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2022
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cross-country, longitudinal, qualitative job insecurity, scale validation, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Fischmann, G, De Witte, H, Sulea, C, Elst Vander, T, De Cuyper, N & Iliescu, D 2022, 'Validation of a short and generic Qualitative Job Insecurity Scale (QUAL-JIS)', European Journal of Psychological Assessment, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 397-411. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000674