AN ARABIC VERSION OF THE REVISED JOB DESCRIPTIVE INDEX

An Arabic version of the Revised Job Descriptive index (including the Job in General scale) was administered to managers (N = 153) in a larg e Saudi oil company. Despite the considerable linguistic and cultural changes involved, the scales remained fairly homogeneous after transla tion. Observed alphas were: Go-workers,.84; Job in General,.78; Superv ision,.78; Promotion,.72; Work Itself,.66; and Pay,.64. These initial findings are promising, but it is clear that additional work will be n ecessary before the Arabic version achieves the high psychometric stan dards of the original. Suggestions for improvements are presented.