Validation of the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument
Organizational culture is a commonly studied area in industrial/organizational psychology due to its important role in workplace behaviour, cognitions, and outcomes. Jung et al.'s [1] review of the psychometric properties of organizational culture measurement instruments noted many instruments...
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| description | Organizational culture is a commonly studied area in industrial/organizational psychology due to its important role in workplace behaviour, cognitions, and outcomes. Jung et al.'s [1] review of the psychometric properties of organizational culture measurement instruments noted many instruments have limited validation data despite frequent use in both theoretical and applied situations. The Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) has had conflicting data regarding its psychometric properties, particularly regarding its factor structure. Our study examined the factor structure and criterion validity of the OCAI using robust analysis methods on data gathered from 328 (females = 226, males = 102) Australian employees. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a four factor structure of the OCAI for both ideal and current organizational culture perspectives. Current organizational culture data demonstrated expected reciprocally-opposed relationships between three of the four OCAI factors and the outcome variable of job satisfaction but ideal culture data did not, thus indicating possible weak criterion validity when the OCAI is used to assess ideal culture. Based on the mixed evidence regarding the measure's properties, further examination of the factor structure and broad validity of the measure is encouraged. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-353082020-07-22T08:29:56Z Validation of the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument Heritage, Brody Pollock, Clare Roberts, Lynne Organizational culture is a commonly studied area in industrial/organizational psychology due to its important role in workplace behaviour, cognitions, and outcomes. Jung et al.'s [1] review of the psychometric properties of organizational culture measurement instruments noted many instruments have limited validation data despite frequent use in both theoretical and applied situations. The Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) has had conflicting data regarding its psychometric properties, particularly regarding its factor structure. Our study examined the factor structure and criterion validity of the OCAI using robust analysis methods on data gathered from 328 (females = 226, males = 102) Australian employees. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a four factor structure of the OCAI for both ideal and current organizational culture perspectives. Current organizational culture data demonstrated expected reciprocally-opposed relationships between three of the four OCAI factors and the outcome variable of job satisfaction but ideal culture data did not, thus indicating possible weak criterion validity when the OCAI is used to assess ideal culture. Based on the mixed evidence regarding the measure's properties, further examination of the factor structure and broad validity of the measure is encouraged. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35308 10.1371/journal.pone.0092879 Public Library of Science fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Heritage, Brody Pollock, Clare Roberts, Lynne Validation of the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument |
| title | Validation of the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument |
| title_full | Validation of the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument |
| title_fullStr | Validation of the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument |
| title_full_unstemmed | Validation of the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument |
| title_short | Validation of the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument |
| title_sort | validation of the organizational culture assessment instrument |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35308 |