Assessing Quality of Working Life Among Malaysian Workers.
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.
Institute for Medical Research, Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia nursuffia@imr.gov.my.
Nur Suffia
NS
Sulaiman
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Wan Yuen
WY
Choo
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Abdul Rahim
AR
Mat Yassim
University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
Darren
D
Van Laar
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Karuthan
K
Chinna
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Hazreen Abdul
HA
Majid
D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014937:Work / Q000523:psychology*
medical statistics; occupational and environmental health; psychological/behavioral medicine; public health; workplace safety