Table 3.
Results from Exploratory Factor Analyses of the Work Items
| Item | Scale | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fit | Ease | Material Benefits | Self-determination | Safety/ Quality | |
| My job matches what I like to do. | .78 / .72 / .81 | ||||
| I have skills from training or experience that I would like to use, but can’t in this job. (R) | .65 / .60 / .53 | ||||
| I do the same things over and over in my work. (R) | .67 / .67 / .53 | ||||
| There is a lot of variety in my job. | .58 / .74 / .67 | ||||
| My work is pretty repetitious. (R) | .72 / .79 / .59 | ||||
| I have a lot of interruptions. (R) | .53 / .47 / .39 | ||||
| I am often bothered, upset, or worried in my work. (R) | .72 / .79 / .72 | ||||
| I have more work than I can handle. (R) | .66 / .67 / .68 | ||||
| There is a lot of stress and tension in this job. (R) | .65 / .74 / .67 | ||||
| I am frequently held responsible for tasks over which I have no control (R) | .52 / .57 / .66 | ||||
| I often feel tense at work. (R) | .75 / .82 / .77 | ||||
| My work provides good fringe benefits such as health insurance, retirement, and paid vacations. | .74 / .82 / .67 | ||||
| This job provides good job security. | .69 / .61 / .55 | ||||
| This job provides a very good income. | .52 / .66 / .48 | ||||
| This job provides a steady income. | .71 / .78 / .55 | ||||
| I expect that my income will increase in this job. | .50 / .60 / .52 | ||||
| In this work, I am mostly my own boss. | -- / -- / −.36 | .64 / .75 / .65 | |||
| I often find out how well I am doing on the job as I work. | -- / -- / .44 | .50 / -- / .48 | |||
| On my job, I have very little freedom to decide how I work.(R) | .54 / .56 / .44 | ||||
| My boss often lets me know how I am doing on the job. | -- / -- / −.31 | -- / -- / .51 | .47 / -- / .45 | ||
| I have a lot to say about what happens on my job. | .68 / .62 / .65 | ||||
| This job involves some danger of illness or injury. (R) | .69 / .71 / .71 | ||||
| I work in a lot of dust and dirt. (R) | .66 / .70 / .64 | ||||
| My work involves a lot of physical labor. (R) | .80 / .84 / .91 | ||||
| There is a lot of noise in my work environment. (R) | .60 / .57 / .60 | ||||
| I am physically exhausted when I end work each day (R) | .50 / .53 / .49 | ||||
| Scale Statistics | |||||
| Internal Consistency | .77/.77/ .77 | .80 /.81 / .81 | .77 /.81 / .78 | .69 /.64 / .63 | .81 /.84 / .82 |
| Stability Coefficient | .24 / .09 / .15 | .31 / .12 / .23 | .56 / .36 / .61 | .26 / .08 / .13 | .48 / .28 / .36 |
Note: 2001 values/2003 values/2005 values. Pattern coefficients are reported. Values less than .30 were suppressed to increase clarity. (R)indicates that the item is reversed. Boldface coefficients indicate the items used to calculate each scale. Stability coefficient for 2001-2003/2001-2005/2003-2005.