title: Quality of Work: Validation of a New Instrument in Three Languages.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A new instrument to measure quality of work was developed in three languages (German, French and Luxembourgish) and validated in a study of employees working in Luxembourg.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A representative sample (n = 1529) was taken and exploratory factor analysis revealed a six-factor solution for the 21-item instrument (satisfaction and respect, mobbing, mental strain at work, cooperation, communication and feedback, and appraisal). Reliability analysis showed satisfying reliability for all six factors and the total questionnaire. In order to examine the construct validity of the new instrument, regression analyses were conducted to test whether the instrument predicted work characteristics’ influence on three components of well-being -- burnout, psychological stress and maladaptive coping behaviors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present validation offers a trilingual inventory for measuring quality of work that may be used, for example, as an assessment tool or for testing the effectiveness of interventions.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health and Behavior, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette L-4365, Luxembourg. georges.steffgen@uni.lu.
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Steffgen
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health and Behavior, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette L-4365, Luxembourg. diane.kohl@uni.lu.
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kohl
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena 07743, Germany. Gerhard.reese@uni-jena.de.
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reese
authors.affiliation: Department of Business Psychology, University of Trier, Trier 54286, Germany. happ@uni-trier.de.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Happ
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health and Behavior, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette L-4365, Luxembourg. philipp.sischka@uni.lu.
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sischka
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008189:Luxembourg; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations; D014937:Work / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: new questionnaire; quality of work; well-being