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Arch Hellen Med, 41(3), May-June 2024, 381-387

ORIGINAL PAPER

Quiet quitting among employees
A proposed cut-off score for the "Quiet Quitting" Scale

P. Galanis,1 A. Katsiroumpa,1 I. Vraka,2 O. Siskou,3 O. Konstantakopoulou,4 I. Moisoglou,5 P. Gallos,6 D. Kaitelidou4
1Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens
2Department of Radiology, "P. & A. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Athens
3Department of Tourism Studies, University of Pireus, Pireus
4Center for Health Services Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens
5General Hospital of Lamia, Lamia
6Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

OBJECTIVE To identify an appropriate cut-off point for the "Quiet Quitting" Scale (QQS), in order to discriminate quiet quitters from those with a low level of quiet quitting.

METHOD A cross-sectional study in Greece during June 2023 was conducted. We recruited adult employees from every job sector and achieved to obtain a convenience sample. The Receiver Operating Characteristic analysis was used to calculate the best cut-off point for the QQS. In that case, "Job Satisfaction Survey" (JSS), "Copenhagen Burnout Inventory" (CBI), "Single Item Burnout" (SIB) measure, and turnover intention score as external criterions were used. For each criterion, a dichotomous variable was created with the use of medians or suggested values from the literature as cut-off points.

RESULTS A significant predictive power of QQS for job satisfaction assessed by JSS, and for job burnout assessed by CBI and SIB measure were found. The best cut-off point for the QQS was found to be 2.06. In that case, the highest values for Youden's index (0.34) and AUC (0.73) were found, while the 95% confidence interval for the AUC ranged from 0.70 to 0.76. Sensitivity and specificity of QQS were 0.68 and 0.66, respectively (p<0.001). Therefore, employees with QQS score ≥2.06 as quiet quitters, and those with QQS score <2.06 as non-quiet quitters were considered.

CONCLUSIONS The best cut-off point for the QQS was 2.06. Employees with QQS score ≥2.06 as quiet quitters can be described as quiet quitters. Further research should be conducted to validate the present results.

Key words: Cut-off analysis, Employees, Job, "Quiet Quitting" Scale, ROC curve, Workers.

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