Confirmatory factor analysis of the Job Diagnostic Survey: Good news and bad news

Abstract

Conducted confirmatory tests of the factor structure of the Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS), using data obtained from 2,028 National Guard employees. Neither the Hackman-Oldham nor single-factor models provided acceptable fit until construct–irrelevant method variance factors were added. After incorporating method factors, the confirmatory factor analyses supported Hackman and Oldham's a priori structure; however, when a different goodness-of-fit measure was used, a general factor model was more parsimonious. (26 ref) (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)