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 3 Inter-item correlations for items of the Persian Version of WDQ questionnaire

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

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1. Work scheduling autonomy	1
2. Decision-making autonomy	0.66**	1
3. Work methods autonomy	0.59**	0.61**	1
4. Task variety	0.49**	0.55**	0.40**	1
5. Task Significance	0.42**	0.36**	0.47**	0.45**	1
6. Task identity	0.42**	0.43**	0.45**	0.37**	0.58**	1
7. Feedback from job	0.31**	0.32**	0.44**	0.29**	0.50**	0.58**	1
8. Job complexity	− 0.05	0.001	− 0.01	0.22**	0.18**	0.04	0.04	1
9. Information processing	0.44**	0.48**	0.36**	0.58**	0.52**	0.48**	0.35**	0.28**	1
10. Problem solving	0.37**	0.45**	0.21**	0.65**	0.36**	0.23**	0.03	0.22	0.60**	1
11. Skill variety	0.38**	0.48**	0.24**	0.70**	0.34**	0.27**	0.14*	0.32**	0.65**	0.78**	1
12. Specialization	0.33**	0.44**	0.24**	0.54**	0.48**	0.37**	0.25*	0.37**	0.38**	0.66**	0.74**
13. Social support	0.35**	0.27**	0.39**	0.32**	0.42**	0.47**	0.34**	− 0.04	0.38**	0.31**	0.34**
14. Initiated interdependence	0.33**	0.31**	0.35**	0.25**	0.42**	0.58**	0.42**	− 0.01	0.41**	0.21**	0.26**
15. Received interdependence	0.26**	0.24**	0.27**	0.20**	0.38**	0.51**	0.38**	0.02	0.35**	0.18**	0.24**
16. Interaction outside organization	0.42**	0.43**	0.45**	0.58**	0.50**	0.30**	0.22**	0.11	0.41**	0.47**	0.54**
17. Feedback from others	0.41**	0.36**	0.40**	0.27**	0.48**	0.49**	0.38**	0.02	0.37**	0.15**	0.25**
18. Ergonomics	0.31**	0.29**	0.22**	0.37**	0.13*	0.13*	− 0.04	− 0.20**	0.19**	0.39**	0.38**
19. Physical demands	0.10	0.18**	0.16**	0.02	0.13*	0.28**	0.17**	− 0.14*	0.13*	0.11	0.08
20. Work condition	0.33**	0.27**	0.26**	0.30**	0.09	0.06	0.03	− 0.25**	0.06	0.24**	0.23**
21. Equipment use	0.30**	0.42**	0.21**	0.53**	0.26**	0.26**	0.23**	0.12*	0.50**	0.49**	0.60**
22. Job Satisfaction	0.07	0.14*	0.18**	− 0.04	0.18**	0.24**	0.35**	0.004	0.19**	0.21**	− 0.05
23. Perceived stress	− 0.03	− 0.11*	− 0.16*	0.02	− 0.26**	− 0.23**	− 0.31**	− 0.14*	− 0.11*	− 0.20**	− 0.10^*

Variable	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
1. Work scheduling autonomy
2. Decision-making autonomy
3. Work methods autonomy
4. Task variety
5. Task Significance
6. Task identity
7. Feedback from job
8. Job complexity
9. Information processing
10. Problem solving
11. Skill variety
12. Specialization	1
13. Social support	0.38**	1
14. Initiated interdependence	0.41**	0.47**	1
15. Received interdependence	0.35**	0.38**	0.92**	1
16. Interaction outside organization	0.48**	0.27**	0.24**	0.22**	1
17. Feedback from others	0.38**	0.45**	0.47**	0.42**	0.39**	1
18. Ergonomics	0.23**	0.30**	0.12	0.06	0.37**	0.25**	1
19. Physical demands	0.19**	0.10	0.41**	0.37**	0.12*	0.33**	0.06	1
20. Work condition	0.06	0.26**	0.006	− 0.004	0.35**	0.16**	0.50**	− 0.07	1
21. Equipment use	0.52**	0.21**	0.35**	0.32**	0.43**	0.35**	0.37**	0.32**	0.22**	1
22.Job Satisfaction	0.04	0.03	0.27**	0.27**	− 0.01	0.31**	0.22**	− 0.21**	0.15*	0.21**	1
23. Perceived stress	− 0.06	− 0.08	− 0.23**	− 0.22**	− 0.05	− 0.33**	− 0.26**	0.20**	− 0.20**	− 0.18**	− 0.68**

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)

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