Job Descriptive Index
Measures Job Satisfaction.
Sample items
- “Boring 13. Gives sense of accomplishment”
- “Creative 14. A source of pleasure”
Reliability & validity
Cronbach's α 0.78–0.91 across reported samples.
Sources
- Smith, Kend- all, and Hulin (1969) (1989)
Deploy it
The full item bank and survey deployment live in the People Analytics Toolbox (the enterprise survey-item library), with the min-N privacy gate.
What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
“It typically includes job specifications that detail employee characteristics required for competent performance of the job. A job description should describe and focus on the job itself and not on any specific individual who might fill the job.[C1, C2, C4, C11, C17, GR3,…”
— Worldatwork Handbook Compensationmatch 54%
“Using questionnaires may be a necessary step, but it probably will not be a sufficient step in documenting work for purposes of a quality study. Follow-up interviews, most likely technical interviews, will be required. [image "Chapter_10_image009.gif" file=Image00093.gif] FIGURE…”
— Worldatwork Handbook Compensationmatch 54%
“It is a result of factors such as the opportunity to perform meaningful work, experience complete cycles of work or finished products, experience variety, and receive feedback on successful work results.[C12, GR5, GR6]Intrinsic rewardsRewards that are associated with the job…”
— Worldatwork Handbook Compensationmatch 52%
Resources: Worldatwork Handbook Compensation