The Job Leeway Scale: Initial Evaluation of a Self-Report Measure of Health-Related Flexibility and Latitude at Work

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• Personal Author:
  Dugan AG ; McGonagle AK ; Nicholas MK ; Shaw WS ; Tveito TH
• Description:
  Purpose: Evidence suggests that workers manage health-related challenges at work, in part, by using available leeway to perform work differently. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Job Leeway Scale (JLS), a new 18-item self-report questionnaire designed to assess worker perceptions of available flexibility and latitude to manage health-related challenges at work. Methods: Workers seeking assistance for workplace difficulties due to chronic medical conditions (n = 119, 83% female, median age = 49) completed the JLS along with other workplace and health measures. Construct validity was assessed using exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and concurrent validity was assessed by associations with related measures. Results: Mean item scores ranged from 2.13 to 4.16 within a possible range of 0-6. The EFA supported three underlying factors: organizational leeway (9 items), task leeway (6 items), and staffing leeway (3 items). Internal consistency (alpha) ranged from 0.78 to 0.91 for subscale scores and 0.94 for the total score. The JLS showed moderate correlations with other work outcome measures including work fatigue, self-efficacy, engagement, and productivity. Conclusion: The JLS is a promising new measure with initial support for its reliability and validity to assess worker beliefs of available flexibility to manage health symptoms at work, and this construct may have organizational implications for worker support and accommodation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Delivery Of Health Care Fatigue Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Accommodation Authors Keywords Chronic Symptoms Flexibility Leeway Medical Care Organizational Support Questionnaires Self-management Work Disability Worker Health Workers Work Organization

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• ISSN:
  1053-0487
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  33
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067218
• Citation:
  J Occup Rehabil 2023 Sep; 33(3):581-591
• Contact Point Address:
  Alicia G. Dugan, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT
• Email:
  adugan@uchc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Performing Organization:
  University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20210901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9a2b7ef37f68a73590fc12f168ab283b31439c070846cc63afadfa1ed665e5e4a11f9e766d429e387d33dde80437a8fe350efbb08ad44d505e9da5ec1bef766a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/231345/cdc_231345_DS1.pdf
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