DCA-Transparency

Abstract. Even though there is strong theoretical support that transparency in organizations leads to trust between employees and managers as well as increasing job satisfaction (e. g., Albu & Flyverbom, 2019 ; Giri & Kumar, 2010 ), such research lacks consistent empirical evidence. This inconsistency might be explained by the use of specific nongeneralizable scales ( Schnackenberg & Tomlinson, 2016 ). Therefore, Schnackenberg et al. (2020) developed a multidimensional transparency scale consisting of three dimensions: disclosure, clarity, and accuracy (so-called DCA-transparency). This paper validates a German version of the scale as well as conceptually and empirically extends its utility by adding the two dimensions of timeliness and relevance. We conducted three quantitative studies to examine the factorial structure ( N = 325), content validity ( N1 = 133 , N2 = 120), and usefulness ( N = 376, with a representative longitudinal sample). The results support the accuracy and utility of the extended German DCA scale in organizational settings and its multidimensionality.

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The Construct Validity of Vallerand’s Academic Motivation Scale (AMS)

Education Research International ◽

10.1155/2021/5546794 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Salem Ali Salem Algharaibeh

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Extrinsic Motivation ◽

Academic Motivation ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Factorial Structure ◽

Factor Solution ◽

Academic Motivation Scale ◽

Motivation Scale ◽

Three Factor

It seems that the academic motivation structure is affected by cultural factors. Many studies have examined the factorial structure of the academic motivation scale (AMS), and the results showed different factorial structures of AMS (e.g., Taghipour Ali Hosein et al. (EL-yazidi and Louzani, 2017) concluded that the scale consists of two dimensions; Natalya and Purwanto (2018) concluded that it consists of three dimensions; Alruaili (2020) concluded that it consists of four dimensions; Abu Awad (2009) concluded that the scale consists of six dimensions). The AMS is one of the most widely used academic motivation measures across the world. It was built on the basis of the self-determination theory. The current study aimed at investigating the factorial structure of the AMS using the exploratory factor analysis (PCA) and the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The AMS was applied to a sample of 401 university students. The results of PCA suggested a three-factor solution (intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, and Amotivation), and CFA was conducted for three competing structures (three factors, five factors, and seven factors); the results confirmed the three-factor solution for the AMS. The results also showed that the AMS dimensions had good alpha coefficient values which were greater than the acceptable cut-off value of 0.7. In conclusion, the Jordanian version of the AMS is a valid scale that consists of 24 items loaded on three factors (intrinsic, extrinsic, and Amotivation) for measuring academic motivation.

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Linking Psychological Empowerment to Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment: Investigating the Mediating Effect of Organizational Trust

International Journal of Business and Management ◽

10.5539/ijbm.v11n10p120 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (10) ◽

pp. 120 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sanad A. Alajmi

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Organizational Commitment ◽

Affective Commitment ◽

Psychological Empowerment ◽

Organizational Trust ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Future Research ◽

Continuance Commitment

The main purpose of this research is to examine the influence of psychological empowerment and organizational trust on job satisfaction and organizational commitment among Kuwait free trade zone employees. Data were obtained for this research through a set of questionnaire which was divided into four parts and administered to a total of 271 respondents. The results showed that psychological empowerment mainly affects employees’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The results indicated that two dimensions of psychological empowerment, i.e. Meaning and Impact, are significant and positively related to job satisfaction. The existing literature supports the relationships between psychological empowerment dimensions and three dimensions of organizational commitment: normative, continuance, and affective commitment. However, results from this study showed inconsistency. The results showed that only one dimension of Psychological Empowerment, Meaning, is significant and positively Associated to Affective Commitment; two dimensions of Psychological Empowerment, Meaning and Competence, are significant and positively Associated to Normative Commitment; and no dimensions of Psychological Empowerment are statistically contributed to Continuance Commitment. Moreover, analysis has also showed that organizational trust mediates the relationships between psychological empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Some practical implications are also discussed. The research concludes with limitations and future research suggestions to enhance psychological empowerment in public and private organizations in Kuwait.

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Corporate Social Responsibility: A Modern Approach in Greek Enterprises

Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies ◽

10.36941/ajis-2021-0138 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 260

Author(s):

Ioannis Koukoumpliakos ◽

Petr Rehor

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Organizational Commitment ◽

Literature Review ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Modern Approach ◽

Corporate Social

The purpose of this study was the identification of the interconnectedness of corporate social responsibility (CSR) with human resource management. This is an issue that was studied, through literature review and through primary quantitative research. Through literature review, secondary data were collected. They are information that were presented by other researchers, scholars or academics. The primary quantitative research was based on a structured questionnaire which was distributed to Greek companies. The research sample consists of 200 Greek people that are occupied in a variety of job positions, of Greek companies. Through the questionnaire, the researcher collected data about four dimensions of CSR, of employees’ organizational commitment and of their job satisfaction. Research results showed that CSR is moderately implemented by Greek companies and also moderate are the levels of employees’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment. All the dimensions of CSR showed significant correlation with organizational commitment. In general, CSR is related with job satisfaction, but its two dimensions that were statistically significant correlated with all the dimensions of job satisfaction were CSR to social and non-social stakeholders and to employees. These two dimensions were the less implemented ones by Greek companies. The most implemented dimension of CSR was the one to government, which means that Greek companies are typical according to their obligations to the Greek state. Thus, they have to further emphasize on increasing the implementation of the other three dimensions of CSR, i.e., the CSR to social and non-social stakeholders, to customers and to employees. Received: 16 June 2021 / Accepted: 19 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021

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Sustainability in Organizations: Perceptions of Corporate Social Responsibility and Spanish Employees’ Attitudes and Behaviors

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10103423 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 3423 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Sergio Pérez ◽

Samuel Fernández-Salinero ◽

Gabriela Topa

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Explanatory Power ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Attitudes And Behaviors ◽

And Behaviors ◽

Corporate Social ◽

The Relationship

The fields of psychology of sustainability and sustainable development have been recently highlighted by their contributions to employee’s wellbeing in organizations. The present study is aimed to empirically explore the relationship between perceptions of Corporate Social Responsibility of IBEX 35 (Spanish Exchange Index) companies’ employees, and their attitudes and behaviors. The relationship between the employees’ perception of Corporate Social Responsibility of the IBEX 35 companies with their job satisfaction and Organizational citizenships behaviors is empirically analyzed. The sample includes 600 employees of the IBEX 35 companies. The results supported that the three dimensions of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) perceived by the workers are different from each other, and that they are related positively, and significantly, with their job satisfaction, the Organizational Citizenships Behaviors oriented to the company and to other co-workers. We found that two dimensions of perceived CSR—sustainable economic development, and environmental protection—have a greater impact, whereas the CSR of social equity has an almost null explanatory power, compared to the other two dimensions. The study contributions will link the Firms’ CSR activities with the degree of wellbeing of employees: Relationships that become essential when designing companies’ products and/or services.

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Examining the effect of teacher’s self-efficacy on job satisfaction

International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478) ◽

10.20525/ijrbs.v10i8.1503 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 338-349

Author(s):

Damianus Abun ◽

Eldefonso B. Natividad ◽

Marlene T. Nicolas ◽

Theogenia Magallanes ◽

Jecel M. Mansueto

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Classroom Management ◽

Instructional Strategies ◽

Personal Growth ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Sampling Design ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Correlational Research ◽

Very High

The paper aims to examine the effect of teachers' self-efficacy on job satisfaction. To deepen the study, literature was reviewed and theories were established. The study used the descriptive correlational research design. The total enumeration was the sampling design of the study. It used questionnaires to gather the data. The study found that the teachers' self-efficacy is very high along the three dimensions of teachers' self-efficacy which include self-efficacy in student engagement, instructional strategies, and classroom management. While teachers' job satisfaction was considered high, not very high along the two dimensions such as satisfaction with the work itself and personal growth and career development. Concerning the correlation, it was found that there is a significant correlation between teachers' self-efficacy and job satisfaction.

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Toward a General Factor of Disruptiveness: The Most Novel Creative Objects Tend to Be the Least Valuable and Feasible Ones

10.31234/osf.io/6ygjh ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Nicolas Pichot ◽

Eric Bonetto ◽

Thomas Arciszewski ◽

Nathalie Bonnardel ◽

Jean-Baptiste Pavani

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

General Factor ◽

Subtle Difference ◽

Standard Definition ◽

Everyday Language ◽

Common Activity ◽

Definition Of ◽

Psychometric Studies

Talking about creative productions seems to be a common activity in both everyday language and the language used by researchers. The use of the term creative implies the existence of a creativity variable that allows for comparisons between different productions. According to the standard definition of creativity (Runco & Jaeger, 2012), to be creative, a production must have both value and novelty. So far, empirical psychometric studies looking for a creativity variable with these two dimensions have shown that value and novelty are not only independent, but are also only weakly correlated. This empirical evidence, which has been widely replicated in the literature, indicates that, according to psychometric rules, it is impossible and indeed paradoxical to talk about the creativity of a production. In the present study, we sought to replicate these results by including a new dimension that has mostly been omitted in psychometric studies of creativity dimensions, namely feasibility. Results (N = 662 ideas) tended to show that this new dimension, negatively correlated with novelty and positively correlated with value, led to a second-order general factor of creativity. We named the axis formed by these three dimensions disruptiveness in order to underline the subtle difference from what would be an axis of creativity. The theoretical and applied implications of these results are discussed.

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Propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Autoritarismo de Derechas en población colombiana

10.31234/osf.io/txw7k ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Efrain Garcia-Sanchez ◽

Nelson Molina Valencia ◽

Estefanía Buitrago ◽

Zabdi Sanz ◽

Valentina Ramírez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Social Dominance ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Social Policies ◽

The Right

El autoritarismo es un constructo ampliamente estudiado en psicología para investigar comportamientos políticos. Para su medición se suele usar la escala de autoritarismo de derechas (RWA), la cual tiene variaciones en sus propiedades psicométricas según cada contexto. En este artículo traducimos y adaptamos una versión reducida del autoritarismo de derechas al contexto colombiano. En dos estudios (NEstudio1=417;NEstudio2=396), identificamos tres dimensiones: agresión-autoritaria, sumisión-autoritaria y convencionalismo; y encontramos que la RWA estuvo asociada positivamente con: dominancia social, deshumanización del adversario, apoyo al conflicto, patriotismo, sexismo, homofobia y la prohibición de políticas sociales consideradas como liberales (e.g., aborto, matrimonio igualitario, eutanasia). Se aporta evidencia empírica a favor de las propiedades psicométricas de la escala de RWA en el contexto colombiano. Authoritarianism is widely used construct to study political behaviors.For its measurement, researchers usually use the right authoritarianism scale (RWA), which has variations in its psychometric properties according to each context. In this article we translate and adapt a reduced version of RWA to the Colombian context. In two studies (NStudy1=417; NStudy2=396), we identified three dimensions: authoritarian-aggression, authoritarian-submission,and conventionalism. We also found that RWA was positively associated with: social dominance, dehumanization of the adversary, support for conflict, patriotism, sexism, homophobia and the prohibition of social policies considered liberal (e.g., abortion, equal marriage, euthanasia). Empirical evidence is provided in favor of the psychometric properties of the RWA scale in the Colombian context

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Impact of Job Stress and Social Support on Job Satisfaction among Academic Staff

OPUS HR Journal ◽

10.21863/opus/2016.7.1.016 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Kumari Kumkum ◽

R. N. Singh ◽

Yogershi Rajpoot

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Job Satisfaction ◽

Job Stress ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Academic Staff ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

The Other ◽

Human Beings ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Four Dimensions

There may be so many negative consequences of stress for human beings and dissatisfaction among employees happens to be one of the major problems. It indicates negative feelings that individuals have regarding their jobs or its facets. On the other hand, social support is assumed to be mitigating the relationship between negative aspects of the work environment and job satisfaction. Job stress is said to be associated with job dissatisfaction as well as experience of strain. In view of the above, this study examined the role of job stress and social support in job satisfaction. The sample consisted of 30 school teachers from different school of Varanasi (U.P.). The job stress, job satisfaction and social support scales were administered on the participants. The responses of the participants were converted into scores for statistical analyses. The scores of participants on the scales were correlated. The findings revealed that job stress led to increased job satisfaction. It is against the proposed hypothesis and it appears as if the social support received by the participants is a factor behind it. Two of the four dimensions of social support were found to exert positive impact on job satisfaction but the other two dimensions were not found to be correlated with it. The findings are thoroughly discussed and interpreted.

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Pay Secrecy versus Pay Disclosure for Salesmen: A Longitudinal Study

Journal of Marketing Research ◽

10.1177/002224377801500204 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 214-219 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Charles M. Futrell ◽

Omer C. Jenkins

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Experimental Design ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Control Group ◽

Amount Of Information ◽

Pay Secrecy

On the basis of a “before-after with control group” experimental design, empirical evidence is provided that shows the amount of information disclosed about pay had a major impact on salesmen's performance and job satisfaction.

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Data on Orientation to Happiness in Higher Education Institutions from Mexico and El Salvador

Data ◽

10.3390/data5010027 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 27

Author(s):

Domingo Villavicencio-Aguilar ◽

Edgardo René Chacón-Andrade ◽

Maria Fernanda Durón-Ramos

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

El Salvador ◽

Latin American ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Stepwise Multiple Regression ◽

Teacher Student ◽

And Gender ◽

Student’S T

Happiness-oriented people are vital in every society; this is a construct formed by three different types of happiness: pleasure, meaning, and engagement, and it is considered as an indicator of mental health. This study aims to provide data on the levels of orientation to happiness in higher-education teachers and students. The present paper contains data about the perception of this positive aspect in two Latin American countries, Mexico and El Salvador. Structure instruments to measure the orientation to happiness were administrated to 397 teachers and 260 students. This data descriptor presents descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation), internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha), and differences (Student’s t-test) presented by country, population (teacher/student), and gender of their orientation to happiness and its three dimensions: meaning, pleasure, and engagement. Stepwise-multiple-regression-analysis results are also presented. Results indicated that participants from both countries reported medium–high levels of meaning and engagement happiness; teachers reported higher levels than those of students in these two dimensions. Happiness resulting from pleasure activities was the least reported in general. Males and females presented very similar levels of orientation to happiness. Only the population (teacher/student) showed a predictive relationship with orientation to happiness; however, the model explained a small portion of variance in this variable, which indicated that other factors are more critical when promoting orientation to happiness in higher-education institutions.

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