title: The Indiana Job Satisfaction Scale: job satisfaction in vocational rehabilitation for people with severe mental illness.
abstract: The Indiana Job Satisfaction Scale (IJSS) is a brief job satisfaction questionnaire designed for use with individuals with a severe mental illness. This study seeks to validate the IJSS, as well as to examine the relationship between job satisfaction and job tenure in a group of 71 workers in supported employment. Job satisfaction measured during the first 3 months of a job was significantly associated with job tenure; however, this relationship weakened over time. Overall, the findings support the utility of job satisfaction as a tool in vocational rehabilitation, as well as the validity of the IJSS with this group.
authors.affiliation: New England Veterans Affairs Mental Illness Research, Educational and Clinical Center, West Haven, CT. sandra.resnick2@med.va.gov
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Resnick
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Bond
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors