Decent Work and Work Engagement: A Profile Study with Academic Personnel

Graça, Marta; Pais, Leonor; Mónico, Lisete; Santos, Nuno Rebelo dos; Ferraro, Tânia; Berger, Rita

doi:10.1007/s11482-019-09780-7

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“…It is likely to be effective as a tool that aids adults to reflect upon their life's purpose and gain insights into who they are and what they aspire to use their life for. Given the importance of cultivating sense of purpose among working adults to promote their professional outcomes and personal benefits (Bragger et al, 2021;Graça et al, 2021), using the career-focused purpose orientation dimension of this scale might support in helping working adults discuss the intersections between their work, personal growth, family, and larger purpose in life. The use of this scale in counseling sessions with working adults could further support counselors in promoting work-life balance through helping clients to reflect upon their life's priorities and purpose orientations.…”

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“…For example, Bragger et al (2021) found that couples who share a sense of purpose in their careers experience lesser work-family strain-based conflict and greater benefits in their family lives. Graça et al (2021) reported that when working adults such as higher education teachers and researchers recognize their work's value in contributing to the betterment of society, they experience greater sense of motivation, happiness, and productivity. Therefore, helping working adults connect meaning at work with their life's larger purpose can contribute to their positive work outcomes, relationships, and personal wellbeing (Bragger et al, 2021;Graça et al, 2021).…”

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Measuring Specific Purpose Orientations in Working Adults

Yukhymenko–Lescroart

Sharma

2021

Applied Research Quality Life

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The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a scale designed to measure specific purpose orientations among adults. Following literature review, a pool of items was developed and pilot tested with a convenience sample of adults recruited through MTurk (N = 554). Exploratory factor analysis suggested three distinct dimensions of others-growth, self-growth, and career-focused purpose orientations. The three-factor structure was confirmed with two independent samples of intercollegiate coaches in Study 2 (N = 377) and with teachers in Study 3 (N = 247) through the use of confirmatory factor analysis. Construct validity of the items was assessed, which included examining factor loadings and reliability, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and nomological validity. Overall, the 12 items measuring purpose orientations are suggested as valid and reliable for research and for reflection on the nature of their life purpose to ultimately promote wellbeing in adult populations.

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Measuring Specific Purpose Orientations in Working Adults

Yukhymenko–Lescroart

Sharma

2021

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“…Empirically, the questionnaire showed good reliability and validity in a validation study with knowledge workers (Ferraro et al, 2018). However, the measure has to date almost exclusively been applied to workers in privileged occupations, such as lawyers (Ferraro et al, 2017), physicians (Ferraro et al, 2020), and academic personnel (Graça et al, 2021). This is in stark contrast to the central aim of the decent work agenda (ILO, 1999(ILO, , 2008 to make decent work accessible for all individuals.…”

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Living wages, decent work, and need satisfaction: an integrated perspective

Hopfgartner

Glaser

2021

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

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Recent efforts to consider quality of (work) life rather than mere economic subsistence in determining living wages have received increasing attention. However, it remains unclear how increased income translates into quality of life. Previous research found curvilinear relationships between income and capability development, suggesting contextual influences. This conceptual paper proposes a framework of decent work with five dimensions (reproductive-material, social-communicative, legal-institutional [participation], status and recognition, meaningful-subject-related) with living wages at its core, enriched by employment-and work-related factors. Furthermore, we argue that capability development results from both living wages and decent work contributing to need satisfaction. Since different needs are satisfied differently, we propose each of the five dimensions of decent work to be predominantly related to a specific set of hierarchically ordered needs. Finally, we apply this framework to explain the shape of the curve that links income and capabilities. While higher income satisfies basic needs and triggers capability development up to a satiation point, psychological and self-fulfilment needs become more salient for capability development beyond that point. Individual, organizational, and country-level context factors outlined in this paper should be considered in future investigations of how living wages impact individuals.

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“…Previous studies have been conducted on the DWQ and, using cluster analysis, investigated the effects of different levels of DW on psychosocial variables. Graça et al (2021) found four different DW profiles associated with different levels of work engagement in a sample of academic personnel; Bolito et al (2021) found that different DW profiles were related to varying levels of psychological capital in university professors; Dinis et al (2021) found that DW profiles were associated with differing levels of burnout in higher education teachers. Cipriani et al (2020) observed that all the DW dimensions of the DWQ contribute to the promotion of job and life satisfaction.…”

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The Decent Work Questionnaire: Psychometric properties of the Italian version

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Santos

Pais

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Decent work is an integrative concept that may account for several labor-related issues. It represents the defence and promotion of human rights at work and business and the fulfilling and productive work maintained with social dialogue. Previous studies developed the Decent Work Questionnaire based on International Labor Organization propositions and workers' perceptions.The paper reports the adaptation and validation of its Italian version in a high-skilled workers sample (N = 1,465). Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the original version's structural dimensions and good internal consistency reliability. Convergent and discriminant validity, tested using work engagement and personal burnout scales, were supported by the data. Therefore, the DWQ Italian version appears to yield reliable and valid data as a Decent Work measure in Italian workplaces.

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Decent Work and Work Engagement: A Profile Study with Academic Personnel

Cited by 55 publications

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Measuring Specific Purpose Orientations in Working Adults

Measuring Specific Purpose Orientations in Working Adults

Living wages, decent work, and need satisfaction: an integrated perspective

The Decent Work Questionnaire: Psychometric properties of the Italian version

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