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A psychometric analysis of the Survey Work-home Interaction - Nijmegen (SWING) in the South African earthmoving equipment industry / M. Pieterse

In an ever-changing world, people are constantly faced with the challenge of simultaneously
managing multiple roles in their work as well as their home-sphere. It therefore becomes
increasingly important to maintain a balance in these two life spheres. Unfortunately, a gap
exists between the positive and negative side of work-home balance as most research focuses on
the negative side. Recently, a much needed instrument was develop in the Netherlands, namely
the Survey Work-Home Interaction - Nijmegen (SWING), which measures both the direction of
influence (work→home and vice versa) and the quality of influence (negative vs. positive).
The objectives of this study were to validate the Survey Work-Home Interaction - Nijmegen
(SWING) for workers of the earthmoving equipment industry in a South African context, to
determine its construct equivalence and bias for different language groups, and to determine
differences regarding work-home interaction between different demographic groups. A cross-sectional
survey design was used. Random samples (n = 330) were taken of workers in the
earthmoving equipment industry across South Africa. The SWING and a biographical
questionnaire were administered. Item bias analyses, exploratory factor analysis, Cronbach
alpha coefficients, MANOVAs, ANOVAs and T-tests were used to analyse the data.
Exploratory factor analysis showed that the SWING consists of four factors, namely Negative
Work-Home Interference, Negative Home-Work Interference, Positive Work-Home Interference
and Positive Home-Work Interference. All four factors showed acceptable internal
consistencies. No evidence was found for uniform or non-uniform bias of the items of the
SWING for different language groups. Exploratory factor analysis with target rotations
confirmed the construct equivalence of the work-home interface construct. There were also no
differences regarding work-home interaction between different demographic groups, except for a
practically significant difference (medium effect) between males and females with respect to
negative Work-Home Interaction levels.
Recommendations were made for further research. / Thesis (M.Com. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NWUBOLOKA1/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/867
Date January 2004
CreatorsPieterse, Michel
PublisherNorth-West University
Source SetsNorth-West University
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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