Assessment of a Multidimensional Job Satisfaction Instrument

Abstract

The job satisfaction concept has been attracting the attention of researchers and executives because of its influence on individuals' behaviour. The individual's behaviours are shaping organizational behaviours through groups within the organization and the organizational culture. The effects of job satisfaction on the different organizational behaviours have been tested and proven in myriad researches but using different methods and measurement instrument including various dimensions show us that there is no certain consensus of measuring at least basic components of this concept. This study aims to fill this gap through conceptualizing, measuring the concept on basic and necessary factors and developing a multidimensional job satisfaction measurement instrument by considering cultural affect. The questionnaires that using only by translating from another countries or cultures and if their cultural differences are not taken into account then obtained results may not give us accurate values and damages the validity of the scales. We established a scale incorporating six dimensions of job satisfaction. 699 data were then collected from Turkey and Russia's well-known businessmen associations in textile field and analysed through confirmatory factor analysis to assess validity and reliability. As a result, we have attempted to contribute to business executives and academics by providing a multidimensional job satisfaction scale.