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The Satisfaction with Job Life Scale Among Immigrants

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This article reports the development of a short multi-item measurement scale of satisfaction with job life (SWJLS). This scale evaluates a person’s global assessment of job satisfaction. Two studies are presented for the purpose of establishing the reliability and validity of the SWJLS. The data were gathered among immigrants. The findings of both studies demonstrated that the SWJLS presents adequate psychometric properties. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the SWJLS evidenced a single underlying dimension. The reliability was highly satisfactory. Corroboration of validity was also yielded between correlations among indicators of well-being and acculturation, and scale scores. The results indicate that the SWJLS is a short and viable instrument to measure job life satisfaction.

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Neto, F., Fonseca, A.C.M. The Satisfaction with Job Life Scale Among Immigrants. Psychol Stud 63, 209–218 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-018-0449-7

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