Persian version of the work design questionnaire: measurement of its psychometric characteristics

Kahaki, Zeinab Rasouli; Gharibi, Vahid; Keshavarz, Mojtaba; Cousins, Rosanna; Mokarami, Hamidreza

doi:10.1186/s40359-022-00922-5

BMC Psychology

Table 1 Means, standard deviations, and reliability of the WDQ (n = 270)

From: Persian version of the work design questionnaire: measurement of its psychometric characteristics

Dimensions	Item	Mean (SD)		Internal consistency	Average variance extracted	Maximum shared squared variance	Construct/composite reliability	Corrected item-total correlation	Cronbach's alpha if item deleted
Dimensions	Item	Item	Scale	Internal consistency	Average variance extracted	Maximum shared squared variance	Construct/composite reliability	Corrected item-total correlation	Cronbach's alpha if item deleted
Task characteristics
Work scheduling autonomy	W1	3.23 (1.29)	10.03 (3.14)	0.79	0.63	0.60	0.77	0.70	0.63
	W2	3.31 (1.27)						0.68	0.66
	W3	3.49 (1.19)						0.52	0.82
Decision-making autonomy	W4	3.24 (1.28)	9.33 (3.36)	0.86	0.61	0.66	0.70	0.73	0.81
	W5	3.10 (1.27)						0.78	0.76
	W6	3.0 (1.25)						0.70	0.83
Work methods autonomy	W7	3.34 (1.20)	9.83 (3.09)	0.77	0.59	0.69	0.81	0.65	0.64
	W8	3.10 (1.29)						0.57	0.73
	W9	3.39 (1.26)						0.59	0.71
Task variety	W10	3.46 (1.36)	14.40 (4.44)	0.90	0.70	0.28	0.84	0.76	0.87
	W11	3.67 (1.22)						0.81	0.86
	W12	3.66 (1.26)						0.81	0.86
	W13	3.62 (1.25)						0.72	0.89
Task Significance	W14	3.70 (1.20)	14.44 (3.94)	0.85	0.54	0.25	0.79	0.51	0.80
	W15	3.76 (1.16)						0.43	0.83
	W16	3.49 (1.18)						0.59	0.78
	W17	3.49 (1.21)						0.53	0.82
Task identity	W18	3.81 (1.06)	14.94 (3.68)	0.87	0.58	0.44	0.81	0.70	0.84
	W19	3.71 (1.15)						0.76	0.81
	W20	3.69 (1.09)						0.79	0.81
	W21	3.72 (1.04)						0.65	0.86
Feedback from job	W22	3.66 (1.06)	10.90 (2.50)	0.64	0.46	0.42	0.65	0.53	0.39
	W23	3.67 (1.05)						0.59	0.31
	W24	3.57 (1.18)						0.24	0.81
Knowledge characteristics
Job complexity	W25	2.99 (1.27)	13.48 (3.68)	0.73	0.53	0.37	0.85	0.30	0.79
	W26	3.53 (1.23)						0.67	0.58
	W27	3.43 (1.23)						0.68	0.57
	W28	3.53 (1.24)						0.48	0.69
Information processing	W29	3.75 (1.10	14.55 (3.84)	0.82	0.61	0.50	0.61	0.57	0.80
	W30	3.67 (1.28)						0.71	0.74
	W31	3.84 (1.16)						0.70	0.74
	W32	3.30 (1.26)						0.60	0.79
Problem solving	W33	3.07 (1.25)	12.91 (3.67)	0.73	0.41	0.56	0.52	0.53	0.66
	W34	3.32 (1.2)						0.51	0.69
	W35	3.08 (1.3)						0.37	0.75
	W36	3.49 (1.20)						0.68	0.57
Skill variety	W37	3.64 (1.26)	14.34 (4.47)	0.93	0.70	0.47	0.82	0.81	0.91
	W38	3.57 (1.23)						0.87	0.89
	W39	3.53 (1.28)						0.84	0.90
	W40	3.61 (1.18)						0.80	0.92
Specialization	W41	3.44 (1.29)	14.12 (4.21)	0.88	0.52	0.40	0.69	0.76	0.84
	W42	3.47 (1.24)						0.77	0.83
	W43	3.65 (1.17)						0.76	0.84
	W44	3.56 (1.24)						0.67	0.87
Social characteristics
Social support	W45	3.78 (1.05)	21.19 (4.47)	0.75	0.43	0.32	0.72	0.56	0.67
	W46	3.51 (1.24)						0.46	0.71
	W47	3.14 (1.27)						0.38	0.74
	W48	3.44 (1.14)						0.43	0.72
	W49	3.66 (1.0)						0.56	0.69
	W50	3.67 (1.03						0.53	0.69
Initiated interdependence	W51	3.65 (1.12)	21.52 (5.44)	0.82	0.57	0.55	0.77	0.66	0.77
	W52	3.70 (1.06)						0.72	0.71
	W53	3.63 (1.19)						0.65	0.78
Received interdependence	W54	3.60 (1.07)	10.55 (3.01)	0.84	0.56	0.48	0.83	0.71	0.76
	W55	3.58 (1.14)						0.77	0.70
	W56	3.37 (1.26)						0.63	0.85
Interaction outside organization	W57	2.80 (1.28)	12.39 (3.80)	0.79	0.71	0.46	0.81	0.75	0.67
	W58	2.95 (1.21)						0.69	0.70
	W59	3.03 (1.26)						0.69	0.70
	W60	3.61 (1.08)						0.32	0.86
Feedback from others	W61	3.69 (1.02)	10.78 (2.80)	0.81	0.61	0.29	0.84	0.70	0.70
	W62	3.59 (1.12)						0.70	0.69
	W63	3.51 (1.14)						0.58	0.82
Work context
Ergonomics	W64	2.54 (1.27)	8.79 (2.80)	0.62	0.47	0.38	0.46	0.54	0.37
	W65	2.89 (1.24)						0.55	0.35
	W66	3.36 (1.20)						0.24	0.77
Physical demands	W67	3.45 (1.32)	10.60 (3.27)	0.83	0.78	0.23	0.82	0.79	0.66
	W68	3.49 (1.31)						0.75	0.71
	W69	3.66 (1.14)						0.55	0.89
Work conditions	W70	2.68 (1.45)	14.18 (4.74)	0.74	0.50	0.35	0.85	0.50	0.69
	W71	2.91 (1.30)						0.38	0.73
	W72	2.79 (1.33)						0.53	0.68
	W73	2.66 (1.34)						0.63	0.64
	W74	3.14 (1.37)	9.36 (3.31)					0.46	0.71
Equipment use	W75	3.33 (1.25)		0.83	0.58	0.41	0.84	0.73	0.71
	W76	3.19 (1.28)						0.73	0.71
	W77	2.84 (1.31)						0.59	0.85

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