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The Decent Work Questionnaire: Development and validation in two samples of knowledge workers

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This research develops a Decent Work Questionnaire (DWQ) to measure workers’ perceptions of decent work. Current measurements of decent work are almost completely lacking at the individual worker level of analysis, and this study contributes to filling the gap. The authors designed their DWQ based on the substantive elements used by the ILO in its Decent Work Agenda, with the final 31‐item version of the DWQ yielding seven factors related to decent work. Showing good reliability coefficient values and good convergent and discriminant validity, this DWQ could open up new avenues for empirical studies on the concept of decent work.

Keywords: decent work, knowledge worker, survey

Rights: Copyright © The authors 2018 Journal compilation © International Labour Organization 2018

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