Shorter can also be better: The abridged job in general scale

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 878-893

  Russell, Steven S ^a   Spitzmüller, Christiane ^b   Lin, Lilly F ^a   Stanton, Jeffrey M ^c   Smith, Patricia C ^a   Ironson, Gail H ^d  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Scale reduction; Test construction; Test validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344267240     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164404264841     Document Type: Article

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