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Piloting for the multidimensional job satisfaction instrument in the offshore work setting

This article draws upon pilot study to test the developed job satisfaction questionnaire with offshore catering employees. Changing the attention from a hypothetical work setting where job satisfaction is usually studied, this study investigated employees’ satisfaction with the offshore catering j...

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Main Authors: Abdul Majid, Mohd Aliff, Mohamad, Siti Fatimah, Abdul Halim Lim, Sarina, Othman, Mohhidin
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Language:English
Published: Academic Research Publishing Group 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73527/1/Piloting%20for%20the%20multidimensional%20job%20satisfaction%20instrument%20in%20the%20offshore%20work%20setting.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73527/
https://ideas.repec.org/a/arp/tjssrr/2018p37-44.html
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spelling my.upm.eprints.735272020-06-08T00:13:37Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73527/ Piloting for the multidimensional job satisfaction instrument in the offshore work setting Abdul Majid, Mohd Aliff Mohamad, Siti Fatimah Abdul Halim Lim, Sarina Othman, Mohhidin This article draws upon pilot study to test the developed job satisfaction questionnaire with offshore catering employees. Changing the attention from a hypothetical work setting where job satisfaction is usually studied, this study investigated employees’ satisfaction with the offshore catering job as the employees perform their job in an isolated and confined work environment. The pilot study was employed as an impetus for a scale development dissertation in validating a bespoke job satisfaction instrument in the offshore catering context. In this small-scale study, the researchers investigated job satisfaction with a purposive sample of 37 (n=37) offshore catering employees using electronic-based survey. Subsequently, an individual debriefing was conducted with four respondents to improve the questionnaire items. The objectives of the pilot study were to evaluate the quality of the items and to identify potential challenges that might occur in the main study. The study findings are not extensively discussed; however, adequate information about the study background and sample characteristics are included. The study about job satisfaction among offshore catering employees was used to demonstrate the process. The key aspects of the pilot study including the amendment of items, challenges encountered during data collection, and modifications made to the actual study are discussed. Academic Research Publishing Group 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73527/1/Piloting%20for%20the%20multidimensional%20job%20satisfaction%20instrument%20in%20the%20offshore%20work%20setting.pdf Abdul Majid, Mohd Aliff and Mohamad, Siti Fatimah and Abdul Halim Lim, Sarina and Othman, Mohhidin (2018) Piloting for the multidimensional job satisfaction instrument in the offshore work setting. Journal of Social Sciences Research, 6. 37 - 44. ISSN 2413-6670; ESSN: 2411-9458 https://ideas.repec.org/a/arp/tjssrr/2018p37-44.html 10.32861/jssr.spi6.37.44
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description This article draws upon pilot study to test the developed job satisfaction questionnaire with offshore catering employees. Changing the attention from a hypothetical work setting where job satisfaction is usually studied, this study investigated employees’ satisfaction with the offshore catering job as the employees perform their job in an isolated and confined work environment. The pilot study was employed as an impetus for a scale development dissertation in validating a bespoke job satisfaction instrument in the offshore catering context. In this small-scale study, the researchers investigated job satisfaction with a purposive sample of 37 (n=37) offshore catering employees using electronic-based survey. Subsequently, an individual debriefing was conducted with four respondents to improve the questionnaire items. The objectives of the pilot study were to evaluate the quality of the items and to identify potential challenges that might occur in the main study. The study findings are not extensively discussed; however, adequate information about the study background and sample characteristics are included. The study about job satisfaction among offshore catering employees was used to demonstrate the process. The key aspects of the pilot study including the amendment of items, challenges encountered during data collection, and modifications made to the actual study are discussed.
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author Abdul Majid, Mohd Aliff
Mohamad, Siti Fatimah
Abdul Halim Lim, Sarina
Othman, Mohhidin
spellingShingle Abdul Majid, Mohd Aliff
Mohamad, Siti Fatimah
Abdul Halim Lim, Sarina
Othman, Mohhidin
Piloting for the multidimensional job satisfaction instrument in the offshore work setting
author_facet Abdul Majid, Mohd Aliff
Mohamad, Siti Fatimah
Abdul Halim Lim, Sarina
Othman, Mohhidin
author_sort Abdul Majid, Mohd Aliff
title Piloting for the multidimensional job satisfaction instrument in the offshore work setting
title_short Piloting for the multidimensional job satisfaction instrument in the offshore work setting
title_full Piloting for the multidimensional job satisfaction instrument in the offshore work setting
title_fullStr Piloting for the multidimensional job satisfaction instrument in the offshore work setting
title_full_unstemmed Piloting for the multidimensional job satisfaction instrument in the offshore work setting
title_sort piloting for the multidimensional job satisfaction instrument in the offshore work setting
publisher Academic Research Publishing Group
publishDate 2018
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73527/1/Piloting%20for%20the%20multidimensional%20job%20satisfaction%20instrument%20in%20the%20offshore%20work%20setting.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73527/
https://ideas.repec.org/a/arp/tjssrr/2018p37-44.html
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