Abstract
This study aims to assess the psychometric qualities of the Relationship to Work Questionnaire (RWQ). Confirmatory factor analyses on 845 French–Canadian workers support a six-dimension structure: Absolute centrality of work, Relative centrality of work and work valence, Purposes of work, General expectations regarding working life, Obligations and duties of employers and society to workers, and Obligations and duties of workers to employers and society. Furthermore, configurational, metric, and scalar invariances were observed for age, gender, education, and job qualification. Results also support convergent validity of the examined sub-dimensions. Discussion focuses on the study’s limitations and RWQ’s usefulness for research and practice.
Résumé
Questionnaire sur les relations au travail : Validation auprès de travailleurs canadiens français. Cette étude vise à évaluer les qualités psychométriques du Relationship to Work Questionnaire (RWQ). Des analyses factorielles confirmatoires sur 845 travailleurs et travailleuses québécois·e·s soutiennent une structure à six dimensions: Centralité absolue du travail, Centralité relative du travail et valence du travail, Buts du travail, Attentes générales concernant la vie professionnelle, Obligations et devoirs des employeurs et employeuses et de la société envers les travailleurs et travailleuses, et Obligations et devoirs des travailleurs et travailleuses envers les employeurs et employeuses et la société. Par ailleurs, des invariances configurationnelles, métriques et scalaires ont été observées pour l'âge, le sexe, l'éducation et la qualification professionnelle. Les résultats soutiennent également la validité convergente des sous-dimensions examinées. La discussion porte sur les limites de l'étude et sur l'utilité du RWQ pour la recherche et la pratique.
Zusammenfassung
Relationship to Work Questionnaire: Validierung unter französisch-kanadischen Arbeitnehmern. Die vorliegende Studie zielt darauf ab, die psychometrischen Eigenschaften des Relationship to Work Questionnaire (RWQ) zu bewerten. Konfirmatorische Faktoranalysen an 845 französisch-kanadischen Arbeitnehmenden unterstützen die Struktur aus sechs Dimensionen: absolute Zentralität der Arbeit, relative Zentralität der Arbeit und Arbeitsvalenz, Ziele der Arbeit, allgemeine Erwartungen hinsichtlich des Arbeitslebens, Verpflichtungen von Arbeitgebenden und Gesellschaft gegenüber Arbeitnehmenden und Verpflichtungen von Arbeitnehmenden gegenüber Arbeitgebenden und Gesellschaft. Darüber hinaus wurden konfigurationelle, metrische und skalare Invarianzen hingehend Alter, Geschlecht, Bildung und Berufsqualifikation untersucht. Die Ergebnisse weisen auf eine konvergente Validität der untersuchten Teilbereiche hin. Die Diskussion konzentriert sich auf die Limitationen der Studie und die Nützlichkeit des RWQ für Forschung und Praxis.
Resumen
Cuestionario de relación con el trabajo: Validación en trabajadores franco-canadienses. Este estudio tiene como objetivo evaluar las cualidades psicométricas del Cuestionario de Relación con el Trabajo (RWQ). Los análisis factoriales confirmatorios de 845 trabajadores franco-canadienses respaldan una estructura de seis dimensiones: Centralización absoluta del trabajo, Centralización relativa del trabajo y valencia del trabajo, Propósitos del trabajo, Expectativas generales con respecto a la vida laboral, Obligaciones y deberes de los empleadores y la sociedad hacia los trabajadores, y Obligaciones y deberes de los trabajadores hacia los empleadores y la sociedad. Además, se observaron invariancias configuracionales, métricas y escalares para la edad, el género, la educación y la calificación laboral. Los resultados también respaldan la validez convergente de las subdimensiones examinadas. La discusión se centra en las limitaciones del estudio y la utilidad de RWQ para la investigación y la práctica.
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Quebec is the second most populous province in Canada, with a population that is predominantly French speaking and the only province to have French as the sole official and working language. In 2021, 93.7% of the Quebec population understands French and 85.5% speak it at home (Statistics Canada, 2022, pp. 6–7). Traditionally, French-speaking communities in Canada have been studied separately from English-speaking ones, except for some comparative studies, which is not the purpose of this study.
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Meaningful working life score was evaluated by calculating the difference between the degree to which expectations were actually attained and the importance of the expressed expectations (alpha = .88).
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Fournier, G., Lachance, L., Lahrizi, I.Z. et al. Relationship to Work Questionnaire: Validation Among French Canadian Workers. Int J Educ Vocat Guidance (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-023-09586-y
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