Journal article

Publication year: 2004

Pages: 1070-1082

Journal: Journal of Applied Psychology

Volume number: 89

Issue number: 6

ISSN: 0021-9010

eISSN: 1939-1854

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.89.6.1070

Publisher: American Psychological Association

Abstract: 
The authors tested measurement equivalence of the German Job Satisfaction Survey (GJSS) using structural equation modeling methodology. Employees from 18:countries and areas provided data on 5 job satisfaction facets. The effects of language and culture on measurement equivalence were examined. A cultural distance hypothesis, based on S. K Schwartz's (1999) theory, was tested with 4 cultural groups: West Europe, English speaking, Latin America, and Far East. Findings indicated the robustness of the GJSS in terms of. measurement equivalence across countries. The survey maintained high transportability across countries speaking the same language-and countries sharing similar cultural; backgrounds. Consistent with Schwartz's model, a cultural distance effect on scale transportability among scales used in maximally dissimilar cultures was detected. Scales used in the West Europe group showed greater equivalence to scales used in the English-speaking and Latin America groups than scales used in the Far East group.

Harvard Citation style: Liu, C., Borg, I. and Spector, P. (2004) Measurement equivalence of theGerman job satisfaction survey used in a multinational organization: Implications of Schwartz's culture model, Journal of Applied Psychology, 89(6), pp. 1070-1082. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.89.6.1070

APA Citation style: Liu, C., Borg, I., & Spector, P. (2004). Measurement equivalence of theGerman job satisfaction survey used in a multinational organization: Implications of Schwartz's culture model. Journal of Applied Psychology. 89(6), 1070-1082. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.89.6.1070