The scale of Work-Related Affective Feelings (WORAF)

Magdalena Anna Jaworek; Tadeusz Marek; Waldemar Karwowski

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2019.102945

The scale of Work-Related Affective Feelings (WORAF)

Appl Ergon. 2020 Jan:82:102945. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2019.102945. Epub 2019 Sep 3.

Authors

Magdalena Anna Jaworek¹, Tadeusz Marek², Waldemar Karwowski³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Economics, Finance, and Management, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. Electronic address: magdalena.jaworek@uj.edu.pl.
² Department of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland.
³ Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA. Electronic address: wkar@ucf.edu.

PMID: 31491722
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2019.102945

Abstract

Interest in the field of emotions in the workplace continues to grow. However, a narrow range of measurements exists for the examination of affective states in organizational settings, all of which were developed based on the discrete-emotions approach. The main objective of the current study was to develop and validate a new instrument to assess four work-related (WR) affective feelings (WORAF): WR feelings of happiness, WR feelings of anxiety, WR feelings of anger, and WR feelings of dejection. Three independent samples of Polish employees in different occupations were included in the study (n = 297, n = 3019, n = 284). The results provide significant evidence for the validity of the proposed WORAF scale, although further investigations are needed.

Keywords: Discrete-emotions approach; Scale development; Validation; Work-related affective feelings.

Publication types

Validation Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Affect*
Anger
Anxiety / psychology
Depression / psychology
Fear / psychology
Female
Happiness
Humans
Male
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales*
Workplace / psychology*