Abstract
The Work-Related Quality of Life Scale–2 (WRQLS-2) has been used to measure quality of working life (QOWL) in the United Kingdom. In this study, the scale was translated and normalized into Malay. The scale was translated using the back-translation method, pretesting, and pilot testing. It was conducted among health care and office workers. It was tested in 3 stages; confirmatory factor analysis at stages 1 and 3 and exploratory factor analysis at stage 2. The Malaysian WRQLS-2 had 5 factors: “General Well-Being,” “Job and Career Satisfaction,” “Employee Engagement,” “Home-Work Interface,” and “Stress at Work.” The scale showed good convergent and construct validity and also reliability. Perception of good QOWL may differ because of cultural influences and varying work environments. The validated Malaysian WRQLS-2 can be used to determine the QOWL of Malaysian office and health care workers.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 94S-100S |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 8 Suppl |
| Early online date | 28 Apr 2015 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2015 |
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- Assessing Quality of Working Life
Assessing Quality of Working Life Among Malaysian Workers Nur Suffia Sulaiman, MPH, MBChB, Wan Yuen Choo, PhD, MMedScPH, Abdul Rahim Mat Yassim, MMLS, LLB, Darren Van Laar, PhD, MSc, Karuthan Chinna, PhD, MSc, Hazreen Abdul Majid, PhD, MND Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health Vol 27, Issue 8_suppl, pp. 94S - 100S First published date: April-28-2015 10.1177/1010539515583331 Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications