Job-Related Affective Well-Being Scale (JAWS, Van Katwyk)
HR & WorkReliability: alpha 0.953 sample items
About this scale
A 30-item measure of emotional reactions to one's job, organized in a circumplex of four quadrants combining hedonic tone (positive/negative) and arousal (high/low).
Sample item(s)
“At work I feel … bored (low arousal, negative)”
“At work I feel … excited (high arousal, positive)”
“At work I feel … relaxed (low arousal, positive)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.95. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
JAWS-12 short form is widely used.
Source & citation
Van Katwyk, P. T., Fox, S., Spector, P. E., & Kelloway, E. K. (2000): Using the Job-Related Affective Well-Being Scale (JAWS) to investigate affective responses to work stressors. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 219–230.
Van Katwyk, Fox, Spector & Kelloway (2000): JAWS. JOHP, 5(2), 219–230.
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