Quality of Work Life Factors and Indicators of Public University Instructors: Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the confirmatory factors of the quality of work life of the instructor groups at public universities. The samples of this research are 820 university instructors. The data collection is selected via multi-stage random sampling. The questionnaire used to collect the data has 8 factors, 16 indicators, and 39 items in total on a 5-point rating scale with discrimination ranging from 0.520 to 0.806 and a reliability of 0.972. The second-order confirmatory factor analysis (2^nd CFA) is conducted by using the Mplus program. The study results are presented in descriptive form, tables, and a model.

The results of the confirmatory factors reveals that the model fit the empirical data and accurate measurement (X²=86.727, df=68, p-value=0.0625, CFI=0.998, TLI=0.996, RMSEA=0.018, SRMR=0.018). The quality of work life measurement model consists of 8 factors and 16 indicators. The factors with the highest factor loading are constitutionalism in the work organization (0.909, R²=0.827). The factors with the lowest factor loading are a safe and healthy working environment (0.765, R²=0.585). The study findings can be measured and utilized as a guideline to raise the quality of public university instructors' working lives in the future. The body of knowledge indicates that the quality of working life measurement model with 8 factors and 16 indicators can be used as a behavioral indicator to study the characteristics of the quality of working life in public university Instructors.