Editing Job satisfaction (section)

== Measuring ==
The majority of job satisfaction measures are self-reports and based on multi-item scales. Several measures have been developed over the years, although they vary in terms of how carefully and distinctively they are conceptualized with respect to affective or cognitive job satisfaction. They also vary in terms of the extent and rigour of their psychometric validation.

The '''Brief Index of Affective Job Satisfaction''' (BIAJS) is a four-item, overtly affective as opposed to cognitive, measure of overall affective job satisfaction.  The BIAJS differs from other job satisfaction measures in being comprehensively validated not just for internal consistency reliability, temporal stability, convergent and criterion-related validities, but also for cross-population invariance by nationality, job level, and job type. Reported internal consistency reliabilities range between 0.81 and 0.87.<ref name="Thompson" />

The '''Job Descriptive Index''' (JDI)<ref>Smith, P.C., Kendall, L.M.,&Hulin, C.L. (1969) The measurement of satisfaction in work and retirement. Chicago: Rand McNally.</ref> is a specifically cognitive job satisfaction measure. It measures one's satisfaction in five facets: pay, promotions and promotion opportunities, coworkers, supervision, and the work itself. The scale is simple, participants answer either yes, no, or can't decide (indicated by '?') in response to whether given statements accurately describe one's job.

The '''Job Satisfaction Survey''' (JSS)<ref>Spector, P. E. (1985). Measurement of human service staff satisfaction: Development of the Job Satisfaction Survey. American Journal of Community Psychology, 13(6), 693-713.</ref> measures satisfaction with nine facets: Pay, Promotion, Supervision, Fringe Benefits, Contingent Rewards, Operating Procedures, Coworkers, Nature of Work, and Communication.

The '''Michigan Organizational Assessment Questionnaire''' job satisfaction subscale is a 3-item measure of general job satisfaction.<ref>Cammann, C., Fichman, M., Jenkins, D., & Klesh, J. (1979). The Michigan Organizational Assessment Questionnaire. Unpublished manuscript, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.</ref> It has been very popular with researchers.<ref>Bowling, N. A., & Hammond, G. D. (2008). A meta-analytic examination of the construct validity of the Michigan Organizational Assessment Questionnaire Job Satisfaction Subscale. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 73(1), 63-77.</ref>

The '''Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire''' (MSQ)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vpr.psych.umn.edu/node/26 | title=(MSQ) Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire &#124; Vocational Psychology Research }}</ref> has 20 facets plus intrinsic and extrinsic satisfaction scores. There are long and short forms.

The '''Short Index of Job Satisfaction''' (SIJS) <ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Sinval |first1=Jorge |last2=Marôco |first2=João |date=2020-04-14 |editor-last=Useche |editor-first=Sergio A. |title=Short Index of Job Satisfaction: Validity evidence from Portugal and Brazil |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=e0231474 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0231474 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=7156096 |pmid=32287284 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2020PLoSO..1531474S }}</ref> is a free five-item measure which provides overall attitudinal job satisfaction scores. It derived from the Index of Job Satisfaction (IJS)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Brayfield |first1=Arthur H. |last2=Rothe |first2=Harold F. |date=October 1951 |title=An index of job satisfaction. |url=http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/h0055617 |journal=Journal of Applied Psychology |language=en |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=307–311 |doi=10.1037/h0055617 |issn=1939-1854}}</ref> which originally had 18 items. The SIJS presented good validity evidence based on the internal structure (i.e., dimensionality, reliability of the scores, and measurement invariance among sex and countries) as also good validity evidence based on the relation to other variables (e.g., US samples,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Judge |first1=Timothy A. |last2=Bono |first2=Joyce E. |last3=Locke |first3=Edwin A. |date=2000 |title=Personality and job satisfaction: The mediating role of job characteristics. |url=http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/0021-9010.85.2.237 |journal=Journal of Applied Psychology |language=en |volume=85 |issue=2 |pages=237–249 |doi=10.1037/0021-9010.85.2.237 |pmid=10783540 |issn=1939-1854}}</ref> Brazilian and Portuguese samples<ref name=":0" />).