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Greetings!

 

I'm look for a measure of Job Resources relative to the job demands-resource model (Demerouti, Bakker, Nachreiner, & Schuafeli, 2001).

 

For those doing research in employee engagement, do you recommend individual measures for job resources, e.g., autonomy, feedback, opportunities for development, role clarity, etc.) or is there a validated measure of job resources?  I'm doing an individual study of a multi-national organization.

 

So far I've found individual measures for the following:

·         Supportive supervisor relations

·         Perceived organizational support

·         Psychological climate (6 dimensions: supportive management, role clarity, contribution, recognition, self-expression, challenge)

·         Manager support

·         Organizational support for development

·         Autonomy

·         Feedback

·         Job variety

·         Positive work climate

 

I will summarize the responses.

 

Thank you and Happy 4^th of July – I should be at a picnic.

 

Vicki

 

 

Vicki Fairbanks Taylor, Ph.D.

Associate Professor & SHRM Chapter Advisor

Department of Management and Marketing

225 Grove Hall

John L. Grove College of Business

Shippensburg University

Shippensburg, PA 17257-2299

717-477-1217

vltaylor@ship.edu

 

 

Dear Vicki,

 

As far as I know, there is not really a composite "job resources" – or "job demands" for that matter – survey available. Usually, researchers that use JD-R theory in their studies compile a selection of job resources and job demands that best fit their study context. Even though JD-R's core principle is that it applies to any type of job, certain job characteristics are more prominent in certain jobs. For example, in a healthcare context we usually see that emotional demands are included as this is a key job demands for nurses and medical staff. All in all, there is no fixed selection of resources and demands that is measured in JD-R studies, so the key thing is to choose the ones you find most appropriate for your study and then provide an argument in the paper/chapter about why especially these job characteristics were included.

 

In terms of measurement, we often use the questionnaire from Van Veldhoven et al. (2014). This is a Dutch paper and reference, but there is an English version available as well. You could contact the first author about this as I am not sure whether the survey can be freely shared via e-mail. There are many other options, though, as there is an abundance of validated questionnaires of various types of resources and demands. You have already found quite some of those yourself as evidenced by the list below. Here are some more options:

 

 

Bakker, A. B., Demerouti, E., Taris, T. W., Schaufeli, W. B., & Schreurs, P. J. (2003). A multigroup analysis of the job demands-resources model in four home care organizations. International Journal of stress management, 10(1), 16.

 

Karasek, R., Brisson, C., Kawakami, N., Houtman, I., Bongers, P., & Amick, B. (1998). The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ): an instrument for internationally comparative assessments of psychosocial job characteristics. Journal of occupational health psychology, 3(4), 322.

 

Kristensen, T. S., Hannerz, H., Høgh, A., & Borg, V. (2005). The Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire-a tool for the assessment and improvement of the psychosocial work environment. Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health, 438-449.

 

Van Veldhoven, M.J.P.M., Prins, J., Van der Laken, P.A., & Dijkstra, L. (2014). VBBA 2.0: update van de standaard voor vragenlijstonderzoek naar werk, welbevinden en prestaties. Amsterdam: SKB. (Dutch booklet containing various resources and demands; also available in English)

 

 

Finally, perhaps you have already seen it, but a paper was just published in JOHP in which Arnold Bakker and Eva Demerouti discuss recent advancements and future challenges regarding JD-R Theory. Here is the reference:

 

Bakker, A. B., & Demerouti, E. (2017). Job Demands–Resources Theory: Taking Stock and Looking Forward. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 22(3), 273-285.

 

Hope this helps and good luck!

 

 

 

Greetings!

 

I'm look for a measure of Job Resources relative to the job demands-resource model (Demerouti, Bakker, Nachreiner, & Schuafeli, 2001).

 

For those doing research in employee engagement, do you recommend individual measures for job resources, e.g., autonomy, feedback, opportunities for development, role clarity, etc.) or is there a validated measure of job resources?  I'm doing an individual study of a multi-national organization.

 

So far I've found individual measures for the following:

·         Supportive supervisor relations

·         Perceived organizational support

·         Psychological climate (6 dimensions: supportive management, role clarity, contribution, recognition, self-expression, challenge)

·         Manager support

·         Organizational support for development

·         Autonomy

·         Feedback

·         Job variety

·         Positive work climate

 

I will summarize the responses.

 

Thank you and Happy 4^th of July – I should be at a picnic.

 

Vicki

 

 

Vicki Fairbanks Taylor, Ph.D.

Associate Professor & SHRM Chapter Advisor

Department of Management and Marketing

225 Grove Hall

John L. Grove College of Business

Shippensburg University

Shippensburg, PA 17257-2299

717-477-1217

vltaylor@ship.edu

 

 

Thanks so much Jos. Your response was helpful and I had not seen the Bakker, A. B., & Demerouti 2017 article!  

The organization I'm working with put together an ad hoc survey and they have been using it for two years. They thought they were measuring employee engagement but most of the items look like job resources and some outcome variables such as intention to stay and citizenship behavior.  So this is a fun project - actually helping a real organization create a useful survey, collecting data, and designing interventions. But in the meantime I have all this data that I'm playing with and trying to see if they actually captured anything. 

I'm sure I'll be posting more questions. Again, thanks for your insight. 

Vicki

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