Psychological Scale Information
Our Scales
From here you can access information about various psychological instruments we have developed. Each has been published in the literature and has been used in research. They can be used free of charge for noncommercial educational and research purposes only in return for sharing of results. References and updated information are provided.
Counterproductive Work Behavior Checklist, CWB-C
Job-related Affective Well-being Scale, JAWS
Job Stressor Scales, ICAWS, OCS, QWI
Physical Symptoms Inventory, PSI
Work Locus of Control Scale, WLCS
Other Sources For Scale Information
Note: Some of the scales listed on these websites may be copyrighted, so author permission would be needed to use them.
Academy of Management RM Division Measure Chest Look for the Measure Chest link at the top of the page.
HSE Critical Review of Psychosocial Hazard Measures
International Personality Item Pool Free measures of personality including Big Five
Measuring Long-Term Care Work Instrument guide produced by US Departments of Health and Human Services and Department of Labor.
National Comorbidity Survey K10 and K6 mental illness scales
NIOSH Measurement Tools for Research and Practice
Some selected strain measures compiled by Valentina Bruk-Lee.
Some selected stressor measures compiled by Valentina Bruk-Lee.
Vas Taras' website that has two catalogs of scales.
Publications
Fields, D. L. (2002). Taking the measure of work. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [CAUTION: The book does not indicate that some of the scales are copyrighted (including my JSS, the Job Descriptive Index, and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire) and cannot be used without the scale author's permission.
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, October 1998. Special section: The Measurement of Stress At Work.
Price, J. L. (1997). Handbook of organizational measurement. Published as special issue of International Journal of Manpower, 18(4, 5, 6).
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