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KWReq - a new instrument for measuring knowledge work requirements of higher education graduates

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  • Trommer, Maximilian

    (Hannover Region / Department of Social Affairs)

  • Schaeper, Hildegard

    (Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung (DZHW))

  • Fabian, Gregor

    (Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung (DZHW))

Abstract

"Starting from the observation that questionnaires for appropriately measuring the changing working conditions and requirements of the highly qualified workforce do not exist, we developed a new German-language instrument focussing on knowledge work. Based on theoretical considerations, we first identified three basic dimensions that constitute knowledge work: novelty, complexity, and autonomy. During the subsequent process of questionnaire development with higher education graduates, including a cognitive pretest, a quantitative development study, and a replication study, these dimensions were operationalised by initially 173 and finally 22 items. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling of the data of both the development and the replication study show that the 22-item instrument validly and reliably measures novelty (4 items), complexity with three subdimensions (9 items), and autonomy, also with three subdimensions (9 items). An English version of the questionnaire is available. However, the empirical test of the English-language questionnaire as well as possible refinements of the measurement instrument, which will be discussed in the final section of the paper, are left to future research." (Author's abstract, © 2021 Springer) ((en))

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  • Trommer, Maximilian & Schaeper, Hildegard & Fabian, Gregor, 2021. "KWReq - a new instrument for measuring knowledge work requirements of higher education graduates," Journal for Labour Market Research, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], vol. 55, pages 1-020.
    • Handle: RePEc:iab:iabjlr:v:55:i::p:a020
    DOI: 10.1186/s12651-021-00303-2
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • C38 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Classification Methdos; Cluster Analysis; Principal Components; Factor Analysis

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