The Indiana Job Satisfaction Scale: Job satisfaction in vocational rehabilitation for people with severe mental illness

The Indiana Job Satisfaction Scale (IJSS) is a brief job satisfaction questionnaire designed for use with individuals with a severe mental illness. This study seeks to validate the IJSS, as well as to examine the relationship between job satisfaction and job tenure in a group of 71 workers in supported employment. Job satisfaction measured during the first 3 months of a job was significantly associated with job tenure, however, this relationship weakened over time. Overall, the findings support the utility of job satisfaction as a tool in vocational rehabilitation, as well as the validity of the IJSS with this group.