Tânia Ferraro, Leonor Pais, Nuno Rebelo Dos Santos & João Manuel Moreira

Abstract

This research develops a Decent Work Questionnaire (DWQ) to measure workers’ perceptions of decent work. Current measurements of decent work are almost completely lacking at the individual worker level of analysis, and this study contributes to filling the gap. The authors designed their DWQ based on the substantive elements used by the ILO in its Decent Work Agenda, with the final 31‐item version of the DWQ yielding seven factors related to decent work. Showing good reliability coefficient values and good convergent and discriminant validity, this DWQ could open up new avenues for empirical studies on the concept of decent work.

Keywords

Decent work; survey knowledge worker

From: International Labour Review 2018 157 (2)

Editor: Wang Yi