Factorial invariance of the generic job satisfaction scale in Argentina and Brazil

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to analyse the factorial invariance of the Mac Donald and Mac In-tyre’s Generic Job Satisfaction Scale in Argentina and Brazil. Researchers developed an instrumental cross-sectional study on a non-probabilistic sample of workers (nArgentina = 663, nBrazil = 672). The results indicate that the scale is invariant at configural (SBχ2 /gl = 2.06, gfi =.96, cfi =.97, rmsea =.03), metric (δgfi =.009, δcfi =.008, δrmsea =.006), and sca-lar levels (δgfi =.007, δcfi =.009, δrmsea =.004); whereas, partially invariant at a strict level. In turn, the comparison of latent and observed means shows that Brazilian participants are more satisfied with their jobs (MBrazil = 3.86, sdBrazil =.91, MArgentina = 3.52, sdArgentina =.90, t = 8.54, p