Organization of Work: VA All Employee Survey

Department of Veterans Affairs VHA All Employee Survey

http://www.va.gov/NCOD/VAworkforcesurveys.asp

ID = 119

Content Area(s)

Benefits and compensation systems
Career trajectory / ladder
Decision making processes
Innovation
Job content
Job control
Job demands (or expectations)
Job satisfaction
Labor relations
Management of health and safety
Management style
Organizational culture or climate
Performance monitoring / incentives
Resources (e.g.; infrastructure)
Social supports / relations
Change management
Role strain (or uncertainty)
Work-family [im]balance
Diversity acceptance

Instrument Type

Questionnaire

Occupation and Sector Specificity

Occupation(s): Generic

Sector(s): Generic

Name and Size of Work Organization and/or Workplace Psychosocial Measures

Amount of work satisfaction (1 item)

Bureaucratic culture (4 items)

Conflict resolution (1 item)

Cooperation (2 items)

Co-worker satisfaction (1 item)

Co-worker support (2 items)

Customer satisfaction (1 item)

Customer service (2 items)

Direct supervision satisfaction (1 item)

Diversity acceptance (3 items)

Employee development (1 item)

Entrepreneurial culture (4 items)

Group culture (3 items)

Innovation (1 item)

Job control (1 item)

Job demands (1 item)

Leadership (2 items)

Opportunities for promotion (1 item)

Pay satisfaction (1 item)

Planning/evaluation (1 item)

Praise satisfaction (1 item)

Quality of work satisfaction (1 item)

Rational culture (3 items)

Resources (3 items)

Retention (1 item)

Rewards (3 items)

Safety (1 item)

Senior management satisfaction (1 item)

Supervisory support (1 item)

Type of work satisfaction (1 item)

Work-family balance (1 item)

Working conditions (1 item)

Developmental Status of the Instrument

Development completed; one or more evaluations completed.

Languages

Original: English

Other: No

Reliability and Validity Information (or Relevant Citation)

Reliability: Coefficient alpha: 0.80 to 0.89.

Validity: Correlated with job-related outcome measures.

Selected Reference

None Available

Accessibility of the Instrument

Public Domain

User Fees

None

Where to Obtain a Copy of the Instrument

Scale items can be obtained at the web site address noted above.