Using the QEEW to evaluate the organizational climate in Italian work contexts

Abstract

Our research work aims to evaluate the possible use of the questionnaire on the experience and evaluation of work (QEEW; van Veldhoven & Meijman, 1994) in Italian work contexts. The QEEW was modeled to evaluate a) job demands and job resources, to collect relevant information on the amount of exposure to environmental and psychological job characteristics; b) outcome measures, such as job enjoyment and need for recovery. The QEEW is wide used in north Europe to test a theoretical model useful to understand the workers wellbeing (the job demands-resources model, Bakker, van Veldhoven and Xanthopoulou, 2010). The research was conducted in 3 different work contexts (public hospital, public schools and private companies) for a total amount of 512 subjects. Findings, obtained by multiple regression analysis, suggests a good consistency of the scales and, in general, that the QEEW can be very useful in order to evaluate the organizational climate.