Academic literature on the topic 'Nomological Validation'

The concept of consumer ethnocentrism is introduced and a corresponding measure, the CETSCALE, is formulated and validated. Four separate studies provide support for the CETSCALE's reliability and convergent and discriminant validity. A series of nomological validity tests show consumer ethnocentrism to be moderately predictive of theoretically related constructs.

The purpose of this study is to develop the “Recreational Sport Well-being Scale”, which will be used to investigate the subjective recreational sport well-being individuals’ experience after participating in recreational sports. The study participants were Taiwanese who were over 20 years old and participated in recreational sports. Four sets of samples and 4050 questionnaires in total were collected. Using exploratory factor analysis, four factors were extracted from the scale –life satisfaction, physical and mental health, family flourishing, and positive feelings. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the scale’s overall goodness of fit, convergent validity, and composite reliability all passed the thresholds. The results of cross-validation indicated that the model passed configural invariance, metric invariance, covariance invariance, and error variance invariance, which suggested that the scale has cross validity. Nomological validity analysis was conducted, showing that Recreational Sport Well-being Scale is nomologically valid since it is positively correlated to Subjective Health Scale. Test-retest reliability analysis suggested that the test results were stable when a retest was carried out two weeks later. The developed “Recreational Sport Well-being Scale” is highly reliable and valid and can be applied to measure future recreational sports participants’ well-being.

AbstractThis research reviews the constructs and measurements of guanxi and concludes that colleague guanxi is appropriately conceptualized as a multidimensional construct that describes Chinese colleague relationships. The development of a colleague guanxi scale with four dimensions is described. Two studies test the convergent, discriminant, and nomological validity of the guanxi scale. In validation tests guanxi intensity increases with cognition features (subjective fit and cognitive trust) and results in a positive affect (affective trust). Contributions of the colleague guanxi scale are offered.

PurposeThis study evaluates a multidimensional hierarchical scale of smart policing service quality.Design/methodology/approachQualitative and quantitative analysis tools were used to develop a smart policing service quality scale based on the integrative psychometric scale development methodology. A multidimensional hierarchical structure was proposed for smart policing service quality; a group of preliminary items selected from literature was used for the qualitative analysis. For data collection, users of smart policing services were selected through the United Arab Emirates (UAE) research centre. Several statistical methods were employed to verify reliability and validity of the construct and nomological validity of the proposed scale.FindingsA smart policing service quality scale of 23 items was developed based on a hierarchical factor model structure. Nomological testing indicated that overall smart policing service quality is positive and significant, thus contributing to user satisfaction, intention to continue using the system and enhanced quality of life.Practical implicationsThis study enables managers to evaluate types of policing quality and effectively implement strategies to address security and sustainability issues that exist currently in smart services.Originality/valuePrevious studies on policing service quality have not sufficiently addressed the role of smart policing service quality; the nature of discussion in this area is primarily based around concepts. The development of the smart policing service quality scale provides a measurement tool for researchers to use to enhance the understanding of smart policing service quality.

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) has been previously conceptualized as an extreme variant of normal personality traits, captured by continuous indices. A previous study successfully developed and validated a self-report BPD measure, the Minnesota Borderline Personality Disorder Scale (MBPD). I conducted two studies aimed at providing further validation for this measure. Results from Study 1 (clinical sample of substance users) indicated that MBPD exhibited strong positive correlations with measures of convergent validity (self-report and diagnostic measures). Additionally, the MBPD showed similar correlations with external correlates as those of the convergent validity measures, in addition to incremental utility in predicting these external correlates above and beyond negative affect. Third, a Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve analysis indicated that diagnostic accuracy of the MBPD was excellent for differentiation between BPD and non-BPD individuals. Likewise, Study 2 (non-clinical sample of undergraduate students followed over 6 months) showed strong correlations with an index of convergent validity (self-report measure), similar correlations with external correlates as that of the convergent validity index, and incremental predictive utility. Finally, in this study, the MBPD exhibited high rank-order stability, but significant mean-level and individual-level change over time. These data suggests that these scales are measuring the same latent construct of BPD, providing further evidence for the construct validity of the MBPD.

The research objective was to develop, through two phases involving development and validation, a measure of the psychological work contract for managerial level employees. The psychological contract is the unwritten implicit contract that forms in the minds of employees and contains the obligations and expectations that they believe exists between themselves and the organization. In the first and qualitative phase of the study, a structured interview procedure resulted in the collection of 651 responses from a convenience sample of 35 managers from seven New Zealand organizations. Responses related to what these managers believed they were obligated to provide the organization (perceived organizational expectations), and what they believed the organization was obligated to provide them (their expectations). Content analysis of these 651 statements resulted in the development of two initial measures of the psychological contract (employee obligations, organization obligations). The employee obligations measure (perceived organizational expectations of the employee) contained 16 items, and the organization obligations measure (employee expectations of the organization) contained 23 items. In the second and quantitative phase of the study, and using the same criteria for participation as for phase one, a convenience sample of 124 managers from 13 New Zealand organizations completed questionnaires. The questionnaires included the measures of psychological contract content developed in phase one of the study, and 8 organizational psychology variables to be included in a nomological network. The nomological network included intention to quit, perceived organizational support, work and job involvement, job satisfaction, career plateau, organizational commitment, person-organization fit, and 2 performance measures. A separate questionnaire covering job performance and organizational citizenship behaviour was completed by 94 of the participants' managers. Of the 54 relationships predicted in the nomological network, 41 were significant. Of the 13 non-significant relationships, 10 involved relationships with the two performance measures. The measures of the psychological contract were subjected to a construct validation process involving two steps. The first step involved item and factor analysis. Factor analysis of the two measures of the psychological contract revealed two factors in each. One factor, termed relational obligations and reflecting a collective interest between the employee and the organization, included the items that were believed to influence more directly the relationship between managers and the organization. This factor included items such as be committed to the job (an employee obligation) and provide a physically and socially safe environment (an organizational obligation). The other factor, termed transactional obligations and reflecting a self/other interest on the part of the employee, included the items that were believed to be of a more direct employment transactions nature. This factor included items such as stay true to your own values and beliefs (an employee obligation) and provide professional and personal support (an organizational obligation). In the second step of the validation process, the measures of the psychological contract were embedded into the nomological network and their relationships with the ten variables in that network were tested. Of the ten hypothesised relationships, only one emerged as significant, that being the relationship between the organization obligations component of the psychological contract and person-organization fit. Minimal support for construct validity of the measures of the psychological contract was provided confirming that further effort will be required before complete construct validity may be claimed for the measured. Although the contribution the research makes to the field of knowledge may be limited, it does provide some validation of existing measures of the psychological contract, developed in other studies using different samples. The present findings increase our knowledge of the content of the psychological contract for managers. Additionally, a methodological framework has been established for continuing research into the content of psychological contracts, including an exploration of the relationship between content and fulfilment, along with a structure for comparing the psychological contract of disparate occupational groups. The most likely explanation for the hypotheses not being fully supported is that it is fulfilment (or conversely breach or violation) of the psychological contract, rather than the content of the contract per se, that is related to the variables in the nomological network. Whilst the hypotheses were based on research that considered fulfilment of the contract, this study focussed on the content of psychological contracts. The reasons for basing the hypotheses on research that considered fulfilment, the influence of this decision on hypothesis testing, and other possible explanations for the hypotheses not finding greater support, are explored. The limitations of the study, and possible directions for future research, are discussed.

L’objectif de cette thèse était de définir et de circonscrire le concept de consonance dissonance éthique pour in fine concevoir et valider une échelle de mesure de la consonance dissonance éthique au travail. L’éthique s’impose dans les organisations où, elle participe à la régulation des de l‘activité des professionnels du secteur médico-social. Ce travail porte majoritairement sur les salariés de ce secteur. L’éthique est un concept particulier que nous interrogeons au travers du prisme de la théorie de la dissonance cognitive de Festinger (1982). Nous avons réalisé une phase exploratoire qui a permis de circonscrire le concept de dissonance éthique (Barkan, Ayal et Ariely, 2015 ; Cherré et al., 2014, en alliant une méthodologie qualitative par l’Analyse Phénoménologique Interprétative avec une démarche quantitative par enquête sur les connaissances en éthique et une analyse des représentations sociales de l’éthique dans le secteur médico-social. Lors de cette phase, le questionnaire de positionnement éthique de Forsyth (1989) a été validé en français sur une population de salariés du secteur médico-social pour fournir une référence de contrôle lors de la validation nomologique de l’échelle de consonance dissonance éthique. L’analyse factorielle exploratoire a mis une évidence une structure à deux facteurs, d’une part, une dimension consonance dissonance éthique et d’autre part une dimension « Bien Agir ». Nous avons confirmé cette structure duale lors de l’analyse factorielle confirmatoire. L’analyse par la procédure d’échelle de Mokken (1971) a validé l’indépendance structurelle des deux échelles. L‘étude de validation nomologique, nous a amené à confronter l’échelle de dissonance éthique et l’échelle du Bien Agir à trois concepts majeurs de la psychologie du travail, d’épuisement professionnel, la dépression et l’intention de quitter. Nous avons fait l’hypothèse d’un effet médiateur de l’échelle de dissonance entre ces concepts et l’engagement et l’adéquation au poste (PjFIT), à l’organisation (PoFIT) Les résultats ont mise en évidence des effets de médiations de la dissonance éthique associée à un effet médiateur antagoniste du Bien Agir. L’effet modérateur de l’estime de Soi sur la médiation par la dissonance éthique a été significatif pour la dépression. Les validations ont permis de confirmer au travers de trois échantillons distincts la stabilité de l’échelle de dissonance éthique, les résultats pour l’échelle ce bien agir sont satisfaisants et doivent être peaufiné. Ce travail doit également nous amener à réfléchir sur la place que l’on doit accorder à la compétence éthique dans les cursus de formation et dans la formation continue tant elle peut être une source de souffrance pour ces professionnels
The aims of this thesis was to create and validate a scale of ethical dissonance at work. Ethics is essential in organizations, where it participates in the regulation of the activity of professionals in the medico-social sector. This work mainly concerns employees in this sector. Ethics is a concept that we examine through the prism of Festinger's (1982) theory of cognitive dissonance. An exploratory phase combining a qualitative methodology by means of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis with a quantitative approach, by a survey of knowledge in ethics, then by an analysis of the social representations of ethics in the medico-social sector, has made it possible to circumscribe the concept of ethical dissonance (Barkan, 2015; Cherré et al., 2014). During this phase, Forsyth's (1989) ethical positioning questionnaire was validated in French on a population of medico-social sector employees to provide a control reference during the nomological validation of the ethical dissonance consonance scale. Exploratory factorial analysis revealed a two-factor structure, on the one hand, an ethical dissonance consonance dimension and, on the other hand, a "Well Acting" dimension. We confirmed this dual structure during the confirmatory factor analysis. Analysis using Mokken's (1971) scale procedure validated the structural independence of the two scales. The nomological validation study led us to compare the Ethical Dissonance scale and the Well Acting scale with three major concepts in occupational psychology: burnout, depression and intention to leave. We hypothesized a mediating effect of the dissonance scale between these concepts and commitment and suitability for the position (PjFIT), the organization (PoFIT). The results highlighted the mediating effects of ethical dissonance associated with an antagonistic mediating effect of the Well Acting. The moderating effect of self-esteem on ethical dissonance mediation was significant for depression. Validations confirmed the stability of the ethical dissonance scale in three separate samples, the results for the ethical dissonance scale are satisfactory and need to be refined. This work should also lead us to reflect on the place that should be given to ethical competence in training courses and in continuing education, as it can be a source of suffering these professionals

The need for human resources will expand as the air transport industry recovers in the post-pandemic era. Improving employer attractiveness will be one of the most effective strategies for enabling companies to retain existing employees while also recruiting new talent. This chapter aims to provide a scale to measure employer attractiveness in the air transport industry. For this purpose, the air transport employer attractiveness scale (AirEmpAt) is introduced, based on adapting and validating the 25-item employer attractiveness scale (EmpAt). The participants of the research were university students in aviation management departments, and 623 responses were collected from students in Turkey. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted, respectively. Then, the nomological validity was ensured. In conclusion, the analyses support the validity of the AirEmpAt scale, and provide evidence of three distinct measures of employer attractiveness: functional value, psychological value, and economic value.

One of the challenges faced by European universities today is to ensure that their graduates find employment in line with their attributes. Graduate employability depends, among other factors, on many internal determinants in individuals. However, there is no consensus on how to measure them, and the scales developed to date have not been properly validated. The purpose of this paper is to construct and validate, at confirmatory level, a set of instruments for measuring the internal determinants of graduate employability. The results, based on a sample of 816 students, show the structure of the scales resulting from checking content validity, dimensionality, reliability, and convergent, discriminant and nomological validity.

Review question / Objective: The multidimensional model of empowering and disempowering coach climates created by Duda (2013) has a great relevance within the scope of intervention in the context of Sport Psychology. This scoping review of studies summarizes the scientific production about the empowering and disempowering motivational climates created by Duda (2013). The search included the, Web of Science, Scopus, Psycinfo, and Pubmed databases for English, Portuguese and Spanish articles published between 2013 and 2022. A total of 44 studies were found, which 22 were included in the present study. From the 22 studies, 16 were cross- sectional studies, 4 were psychometrics validation studies, 1 concerned a transversal cohort study and 1 concerned a qualitative study. The coach-created Empowering and Disempowering motivational questionnaire (EDMCQ-C) is, the most used and with the necessary psychometric qualities when it comes to assessing the empow-ering and disempowering motivational climates and their various impacts. We describe results concerning the measurement, antecedents and effects of empowering and disempowering coach climates and future research should invest in the study of empirical evidence that could be added to the existing nomological framework, considering antecedents, development, direct and indirect effects, moderating effects, aggregated effects and qualitative studies.