The Test of Measurement Invariance Across Groups: Autonomy, Career Satisfaction and Job Satisfaction Scales in Teleworking Context in Thailand

Abstract

The study of the test of measurement invariance across groups: autonomy, career satisfaction and job satisfaction scales in teleworking context in Thailand aimed to scrutinized and investigated the measurement invariance across two groups of employees regarding autonomy, career satisfaction and job satisfaction. The study utilized a malt group confirmatory factor analysis technique based on review of related literature. The samples were selected from teleworking professionals both private and public sectors in Thailand. Research tools were questionnaire with rating scale and convenience sampling was applied. The results indicated that even in the strictest model which measurement structure, factor loadings, intercepts and residuals were all constrained to be the same, these measurements were still invariant regardless of groups. According to the implied result, even in a modern teleworking context at present, an element of autonomy and satisfaction were still measurable. Therefore, an organization, regardless of the type, private or public, could still measure a level of autonomy, career satisfaction and job satisfaction by using these traditional rating scale. Future research should possibly extent the result of this study by further analyze on the multi-group structural equation model to test an invariance causal relationship and indirect effect among group by utilizing these measurements and focus on a broader type of employee to generalize the result into a broader context.