Hello, I want to use the Job related affective well being scale from 1999, Paul T. Van Katwyk, Suzy Fox, Paul E. Spector, and E. Kevin Kelloway, http://shell.cas.usf.edu/~pspector/scales/jawspage.html for my master Thesis. I Need a german Version of it. On the page is the german Version from a master Thesis. Is it okay to use this items? Or am i just allowed to translate englisch items to german to use them for my work?
Kind Regards
Kim
If previous validated translation is available, use it (Thesis or otherwise).
Hope this helps,
Matt
Make sure you get an independent "back translation" into English to make sure that the content does indeed match the original.
i read the master Thesis from the person, who translated the scale from english to german. But i couldnt find any explanation in the whole thesis, or even an Information that he translated it, but the authors from the original scale made it visable and for usage at their homepage. does it mean it is validated? I cant find another translation in german. Only the one from this thesis.
Thanks for all your help
!
it should be fine to cite from a thesis. I would make sure I explained where you got the translation from and cite the original too. Are you going to validate it as part of your research?
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