Development and Initial Validation of a Scale to Measure Cognitive Demands of Flexible Work.

ABSTRACT: With globalization, digitalization, and the spread of information and communication technologies, rules regulating work have been softened or completely abolished. Consequently, employees face additional cognitive demands to plan, structure, and coordinate their work. To capture these demands of contemporary work, we constructed and initially validated the Cognitive Demands of Flexible Work (CODE) scale. The scale comprises four subscales (i.e., structuring of work tasks, planning of working times, planning of working places, and coordinating with others). We initially validated the scale in three independent studies (overall N = 1,129) in German and English. Confirmatory factor analyses supported the four-factor structure, as well as scalar invariance, of the different language ver

SUBMITTER: Prem R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8460915 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature