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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Warr, Cook, and Wall's (1979) Job Satisfaction Scale

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Heritage, B.
Pollock, C.
Roberts, Lynne
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2015
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Heritage, B. and Pollock, C. and Roberts, L. 2015. Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Warr, Cook, and Wall's (1979) Job Satisfaction Scale. Australian Psychologist. 50 (2): pp. 122-129.
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Australian Psychologist
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Heritage, B. and Pollock, C. and Roberts, L. 2015. Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Warr, Cook, and Wall's (1979) Job Satisfaction Scale. Australian Psychologist. 50 (2): pp. 122-129, which has been published in final form at http://doi.org/10.1111/ap.12103 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving at http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-820227.html#terms

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Warr, Cook, and Wall's Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) is a widely used measure of job satisfaction in industrial/organisational (I/O) psychology research and practice. However, the factor structure has not been adequately explored, with two-factor and three-factor solutions previously proposed. This study tested the factor structure of the JSS using robust analysis methods on data gathered from a convenience sample of 381 (females=264, males=116) Australian employees. Confirmatory factor analyses supported a hierarchical three-factor model of job satisfaction in terms of model adequacy coefficients; however, the three factors were highly correlated, thereby rendering a multifactorial approach to the JSS untenable. The results support the continued use of an overall score of job satisfaction when using this measure in I/O psychology research and practice. Further testing of the structure is recommended within a range of employment sectors, as the assumed multifactorial structure of the JSS common in the literature was not supported by the current study.