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Amplitude Research Launches Online Tool to Administer Focused Assessments of Employee Satisfaction
Normative Express Allows Organizations to Measure Job Satisfaction Online Using Well-known Scoring Indexes
02/07/2006 1:31:27 PM
Businesses finally have access to
a powerful and easy-to-use online tool that measures how satisfied their
employees really are in comparison to normative scoring data.
Amplitude Research, Inc., an online survey company, today announced the
launch of the Normative Express(R), developed in cooperation with Bowling
Green State University, the founder and monitor of the Job Descriptive Index
(JDI), Job in General Scale (JIG), and other scoring indexes used by more than
1,000 organizations. A full explanation of how the Normative Express works
can be found at http://www.normativeexpress.com.
"This product sprang from an ongoing, exclusive consulting relationship
between Amplitude Research(R) and Bowling Green State University," said
Amplitude founder and CEO Stephen Birnkrant.
The JDI/JIG Research Group at Bowling Green has been actively involved for
over 35 years in refining existing measures of job attitudes and developing
new measures for businesses to assess job satisfaction. The Job Descriptive
Index (JDI), first introduced in 1969, is recognized as the most respected and
widely used measure of job satisfaction in the world. This is the first time
that the scoring indexes have been released to the public for use online with
automated reporting.
"Amplitude's mission is to help companies of all sizes examine and improve
employee satisfaction using reliable and proven scoring indexes at affordable
prices," said Birnkrant. "Our dynamic technology platform allowed us to build
an automated online scoring system so companies can immediately view
employees' satisfaction scores as well as results from custom questions and
sub-groups."
"Organizations of 30 to 30,000 employees now have an opportunity to
quickly and accurately understand the extent of job satisfaction," noted Dr.
William Balzer, Associate Vice President and Dean, Bowling Green State
University, and professor of industrial-organizational psychology, who co-
leads the JDI/JIG Research Group. "Organizations will also be able to easily
compare results from administration of the indexes over time and better
understand the impact of intervention programs."
About Amplitude Research, Inc.
Based in Boca Raton, Florida, Amplitude Research(R)
( http://www.amplituderesearch.com ) is a full-service survey research
organization with blue chip clients located throughout the United States and
Canada. Its leadership team has over 25 years of experience in survey
research, online data collection, and statistical analysis of survey data.
Amplitude uses its proprietary survey technologies, experienced professional
services, and advanced statistical analysis to deliver Loud and Clear(TM)
survey results.
About the JDI/JIG Research Group at Bowling Green State University
The JDI/JIG Research Group at Bowling Green State University was founded
in 1965 by Dr. Patricia Smith to develop and refine measures of employee job
satisfaction. The Job Descriptive Index (JDI) and Job in General Scale (JIG)
are the most well known of the indexes. Dr. Smith continues to lead the
research group with the assistance of Drs. William Balzer, Jennifer Gillespie,
Steven Jex, and Michael Zickar.
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