This article explores the potential of using a simple self-rating question to measure respondents' perceived level of workplace stress in standard cross-sectional surveys. This aim is based on practical experience: while there is a range of theoretical-empirical approaches to measuring workplace stress, the design and size of the research instruments derived from them often exceed the limits for being included in a typical cross-sectional survey questionnaire. The potential of using a simple self-rating scale is evaluated in terms of the scale's statistical relationships with (a) subjective quality of working life measured with a standard work satisfaction question, (b) Subjective Quality of Working Life Index, and (c) a discrepancy index. The research results reveal some problems concerning context, validity and reliability in using simple self-rating scales for measuring complex phenomena such as workplace stress. Notwithstanding these limits, this study shows that a short subjective stress measure does yield satisfactory results and offers an interpretative potential., Jiří Vinopal., and Obsahuje bibliografii a bibliografické odkazy
This article explores the potential of using a simple self-rating question to measure respondents’ perceived level of workplace stress in standard cross-sectional surveys. This aim is based on practical experience: while there is a range of theoretical-empirical approaches to measuring workplace stress, the design and size of the research instruments derived from them often exceed the limits for being included in a typical cross-sectional survey questionnaire. The potential of using a simple self-rating scale is evaluated in terms of the scale‘s statistical relationships with (a) subjective quality of working life measured with a standard work satisfaction question, (b) Subjective Quality of Working Life Index, and (c) a discrepancy index. The research results reveal some problems concerning context, validity and reliability in using simple self-rating scales for measuring complex phenomena such as workplace stress. Notwithstanding these limits, this study shows that a short subjective stress measure does yield satisfactory results and offers an interpretative potential.
Pracovní život je jedním z významných faktorů, které ovlivňují celkovou kvalitu života a životní spokojenost. Měření jeho kvality je předmětem zájmu řady projektů a výzkumů, jež byly v uplynulých letech realizovány také v České republice. Následující text se věnuje nejobecnějšímu indikátoru kvality pracovního života, jímž je spokojenost s celkovým pracovním životem. Analyzuje jeho vztah ke spokojenosti s životem celkově a k jeho mimopracovním aspektům, jakož i jeho vztah ke spokojenosti se současným zaměstnáním. Výsledky analýzy ukazují, že spokojenost s celkovým pracovním životem je obecnější kategorií než spokojenost se současným zaměstnáním a že je podstatně více provázána s celkovou životní spokojeností než samotná spokojenost se současným zaměstnáním, přičemž se od obou dostatečně odlišuje, aby mohla být považována za samostatný validní indikátor., Working life is one of the important factors that affect overall quality of life and subjective well-being. Measuring its quality has been the focus of many recent projects and surveys implemented in the Czech Republic. The following text deals with the most general indicator of the quality of working life, namely overall working life satisfaction. It analyzes the relationship of this indicator with subjective well-being and its non-work aspects as well as with current job satisfaction. The results show that overall working life satisfaction is a broader category than current job satisfaction, it is much more closely related to subjective well-being than the latter, and it differs from the latter sufficiently to be considered a valid specific indicator., Jan Červenka., and Seznam literatury