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Опросник дизайна работы Work Design Questionnaire (WDQ): адаптация и проверка психометрических свойств русскоязычной версии
The article presents the results of the Russian adaptation of the Work Design Questionnaire (WDQ) originally developed by F. Morgeson and S. Humphrey in 2006. The authors aimed to keep the original instrument's structure as much as possible – the questionnaire includes 77 questions combined into 21 scales in 4 domains: task characteristics, knowledge characteristics, social characteristics, and work context. This adaptation is intended to fill the lack of Russian psychometric tools for the theoretical study of psychosocial work design, as well as for the practical assessment and design of competitive and safe workplaces. Methods. The Russian translation of the questionnaire was conducted focusing on its psychological equivalence to the English original source. The psychometric properties of the technique were tested on a sample of 500 respondents (average age 39 years, 65% female) employed in more than 20 industries. Internal consistency was tested by Cronbach's alpha coefficients, factor structure was checked by Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Item Response Theory methods. Results. The adapted questionnaire generally showed satisfactory internal consistency (α = 0.85). The instrument structure was checked by CFA (RMSEA = 0.058; SRMR = 0.07; CFI = 0.78) and IRT methods (noise levels for each scale not exceeding 40%). The obtained results allow the questionnaire to be used on a Russian sample, but remain the possibility of further improvement of some items and general structure. Discussion The psychometric properties of the adapted version of WDQ are similar to the original English version. The study results show that the Russian version of WDQ is a well enough reliable and valid psychometric tool that can be used in future research.