Team Incivility Climate Scale: Development and Validation of the Team-Level Incivility Climate Construct

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deanna Paulin ◽  
Barbara Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Work Teams ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Scale Development And Validation ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Uncivil Behaviors ◽  
Climate Scale ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Development And Validation

Guided by a framework for multilevel construct validation, this study identified incivility climate as a new facet-specific climate construct. Referring to shared perceptions about the uncivil behaviors, practices, and norms that exist within a team, the construct of incivility climate is fundamental for future research investigating and estimating the effect of workplace incivility at the team level. Data from three separate samples totaling 1,110 employees and 50 work teams were used to test the internal consistency, confirm factor structure, and assess convergent and incremental validity of a new measure at both the individual and team level. The results support the construct validity of incivility climate along with the utility of the Team Incivility Climate Scale. Theoretical implications and practical applications of the construct and measure are described.

Organizational Arrogance and a Theory-Based Instrument

2021 ◽  
pp. 210-232
Author(s):  
C. Victor Herbin III
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Work Teams ◽  
The Body ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Development And Validation

Prior studies provided insight on arrogance at the individual level and how arrogant individuals express superiority through (1) overconfidence in capabilities, (2) dismissiveness, (3) and disparagement, and how these behaviors may negatively impact those employees in and around their work teams, yet did not indicate how these behaviors impact organizational culture. Organizational arrogance represents an emerging concept that describes arrogance at the organizational level. Organizational arrogance provides the body of knowledge with a comprehensive and inclusive definition that led to the development and validation of the Organizational Arrogance Scale with a Cronbach Alpha of .922 that accurately measures the presence of organizational arrogance.

Measuring career shocks: A study of scale development and validation in the Chinese context

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 164-172
Author(s):  
Zulqurnain Ali ◽  
Usman Ghani ◽  
Zia U Islam ◽  
Aqsa Mehreen
Keyword(s):  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Career Management ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Unexpected Events ◽  
Scale Development And Validation ◽  
Gray Area ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Multiple Samples ◽  
Method Approach

The emergence of self-career management has pushed individuals to manage their careers proactively and evade unexpected events. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a career shocks scale for use in Chinese organizations. In doing so, we developed a comprehensive scale of career shocks to cover a significant gray area of career management and enhance a deeper understanding of the emergence of career shocks among Chinese employees. Using the mixed-method approach, we recruited multiple samples to validate the item structure and assess construct validity and internal consistency of the career shocks scale. The findings of a confirmatory factor analysis suggested two dimensions of career shocks (positive and negative), having nine items. Moreover, a strong inter-item structure indicated that this research measure would be valuable for future research endeavors in the domain of career management.

scholarly journals DESCONTMARKS: Scale Development and Validation

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
An Nur Nabila Ismail ◽  
Yuhanis Abdul Aziz ◽  
Norazlyn Kamal Basha ◽  
Anuar Shah Bali Mahomed
Keyword(s):  
Scale Development ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Scale Development And Validation ◽  
Multiple Item ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Item Scale ◽  
Content Marketing

In order to attract more tourists to visit a particular place, destination content marketing plays an important role. Tourism research has recently shown an interest in destination content marketing; especially when tourism destination is advertised. Currently, there is no scale available to measure content marketing for promoting tourism destination. The present study has two primary objectives. First, to investigate the dimension of destination content marketing in destination related context. Second, to develop and validate a multiple-item scale for measuring content marketing towards tourism destination. This study uses a rigorous scale development technique which involves three stages of scale development using 3 separate studies. The study confirms that destination content marketing scale (DESCONTMARKS) comprises of three dimensions, measured with 10 items. The implications of the destination content marketing scale for practitioners, as well as suggestions for future research are provided.

Teaching Students With Disabilities Efficacy Scale: Development and Validation

Inclusion ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Dawson ◽  
LaRon Scott
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Behavior Management ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Teacher Professionalism ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Scale Development And Validation ◽  
Statistical Reliability ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Conceptual Meaning

Abstract Promoting access to inclusive environments for students with disabilities is a critical issue facing schools. Feeling efficacious in teaching students with disabilities is a key aspect of enabling teachers to promote inclusion. This article reports on the development of a scale of teacher self-efficacy for teaching students with disabilities. It was examined with in-service (N = 288) and preservice (N = 143) teachers, and the results suggest it is a reliable and valid tool. The final version includes five subscales that define efficacy for teaching students with disabilities, all with strong statistical reliability and compelling conceptual meaning. They are: Instruction, Teacher Professionalism, Teacher Support, Classroom or Behavior Management, and Related Duties. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

scholarly journals Development and Validation of the Fatigue State Questionnaire: Preliminary Findings

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-65
Author(s):  
Spencer Greenberg ◽  
Pluta Aislinn ◽  
DeConti Kirsten
Keyword(s):  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sleep Debt ◽  
Minute Interval ◽  
Valid Instrument ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Adequate Internal Consistency ◽  
Healthy Participants

Study Objectives: To develop and test an easy to administer, conceptually sound, self-report fatigue state questionnaire, the Fatigue State Questionnaire (FSQ). Design: A self-report study. Setting: Internet-based study. Participants: 214 adults recruited via the Internet website, Mechanical Turk. Interventions: Not applicable Measurements and Results: The FSQ showed adequate internal consistency; Chronbach's alpha ranged from .73 to .82. Test-retest reliability after a ten-minute interval was also acceptable (r=.71). The FSQ had incremental validity over the (SSS) in predicting measures of participant health (r=-.25 vs. r=-.11, z=-2.30, p=<.05), sleep debt (r=.30 vs. r= .15, z=2.82, p<.01) and sleep changes (over or under sleeping by 90 minutes or more) on the night prior (r=.35 vs. r=.22, z=2.20, p<.05). FSQ scores were significantly higher in unhealthy participants compared to healthy participants and in participants with a sleep debt or a sleep change compared to participants with their ideal amount of sleep. FSQ scores were also significantly higher in participants taking the test during a circadian low with sleep debt or sleep changes than in participants taking the test during a circadian mid or high point with these sleep differences. Conclusion: The FSQ shows promise as a reliable, valid instrument for measuring the fatigue state. Future research should compare within-subject FSQ scores at multiple intervals across the circadian cycle to further assess validity.

Athletic Expenditures and the Academic Mission of American Schools: A Group-Level Analysis

2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 560-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell E. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Group Level ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Academic Mission ◽  
Level Data ◽  
American Schools ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
The Individual

Most studies find positive correlations at the individual level of analysis between athletic participation and academic success. One opportunity for scholarship left largely unexplored concerns the effect of athletics on group-level processes. The author used a resource-based perspective to explore the influence of athletic investment on academic achievement at the organizational level. Data were collected from 227 school districts. Multiple regression analyses revealed negative but insignificant relationships between athletic expenditures and indicators of basic skills and college preparation. Future research might determine whether the nonassociation observed in this study between athletic spending and academic performance generalizes to different school settings.

Creativity

2009 ◽  
pp. 260-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean Keith Simonton
Keyword(s):  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Creative Development ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Early Trauma ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Theoretical Issues

Because creativity is often viewed as a highly positive human capacity both at the individual and societal levels, the chapter provides an overview of what psychologists have learned about this phenomenon. After beginning with the definition of creativity in terms of adaptive originality, the review turns to how measurement depends on whether creativity is to be treated as a process, a person, or a product. The next section of the review concentrates on the principal empirical results, with special focus on the two findings that would seem to be especially germane for positive psychology, namely (a) the impact of early trauma on creative development and (b) the relation between creativity and psychopathology. This section is followed by a discussion of the two key theoretical issues that pervade research on creativity: the nature-nurture question and the small-c versus big-C creativity question. Once these empirical and theoretical matters have been discussed, the article can progress to a treatment of some practical applications. These applications concern creativity-improving techniques that can be implemented during childhood, adolescence, or adulthood. The chapter closes with a brief discussion of the most fruitful directions for future research on creativity. Despite the tremendous accumulation of knowledge about the phenomenon, a lot of unanswered questions remain.

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