Perceived Job Control: An Integrative and Multidimensional Framework

To consolidate the current understanding of control and autonomy at work, I propose that perceived job control (PJC) should be conceptualized and measured as a multidimensional construct representing the worker’s beliefs about their ability to autonomously decide six aspects of their work: temporal, methodological, criterial, contentual, spatial, and relational. Based on these dimensions, a six-facet PJC scale was developed and validated. Content validation tests were conducted and items with low substantive agreement were removed. Tests for the internal factor structure were also conducted. Items with low factor loadings were removed from, and internal factor structure tests were resumed. Model testing results and relations with other variables show support for the six-dimension model.