An Empirical Assessment of the Effects of Affective Response in the Measurement of Organizational Climate.

Schnake, Mel E.

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Publication Date: 1983

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An Empirical Assessment of the Effects of Affective Response in the Measurement of Organizational Climate.

Schnake, Mel E.

Personnel Psychology, v36 n4 p791-807 Win 1983

Examined whether an affective response affects the dimensionality of perceptual measures of organizational climate, in a study of 8,938 employees who completed an organizational climate questionnaire and a measure of job satisfaction. Results suggested that partialing job satisfaction out of responses improved the dimensionality of the climate instrument. (JAC)

Descriptors: Emotional Response, Employee Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Measurement Techniques, Organizational Climate, Test Validity

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