Health sciences teaching staff's perception about quality of work life in Saudi Universities: Reliability and validity of the questionnaire instrument
| Autor: | Ahmed Al Kuwaiti, Arun Vijay Subbarayalu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Response rate (survey)
Government Medical education validity 050402 sociology reliability 05 social sciences education lcsh:R quality of work life questionnaire lcsh:Medicine Training and development health sciences teaching staff Likert scale Job security 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 0504 sociology saudi universities Job satisfaction Psychology Psychosocial 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Reliability (statistics) |
| Zdroj: | Hamdan Medical Journal, Vol 12, Iss 4, Pp 182-188 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2227-2437 |
| Popis: | Purpose: This study aimed to develop a valid quality of work life (QoWL) questionnaire for measuring the QoWL of health sciences teaching staff working in Saudi universities. Materials and Methods: A total of 300 teaching staff belonging to health sciences colleges at four Saudi government universities were randomly selected and given with QoWL tool. This tool consists of 24 Likert scale items and five different subscales i.e., (i) working conditions, (ii) psychosocial factors in the workplace, (iii) opportunities for training and development, (iv) compensation and rewards and (v) job satisfaction and job security. Two-hundred and ninety completed questionnaires were received, demonstrating a 97% response rate. Responses were subjected to statistical analysis to measure the reliability and validity of the tool. P < 0.05 was considered as 'statistically significant'. Results: Factor analysis extracted five factors which conjointly explained 93.31% of the variance in health sciences teaching staff attitude toward the QoWL at selected Saudi universities. The overall Cronbach's alpha coefficient was measured at 0.928 for internal consistency reliability. This study demonstrates that the five critical factors consisting of working conditions, psychosocial factors in the workplace, opportunity for training and development, compensation and rewards and job satisfaction and job security are important determinants of QoWL among the health sciences teaching staff working at the higher education institutions in Saudi Arabia. Conclusion: This study provides a reliable and valid tool for capturing the QoWL perceptions of health sciences teaching staff at Saudi universities and may be considered for possible use at comparable institutions elsewhere. |
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