Robert Loo
Biographic Data
| ID | 2747640 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Loo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Loo |
| SIGNATURE | LOO R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lethbridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Relationships between attitudes toward women's roles in society, and work and life values
This exploratory study examined the relationships between attitudes toward women's roles in society, as measured by the six sub-scales on ward Women Scale (AWS: Spence, J. T., & Helmreich, R. L. (1972). The Attitudes Towards Women Scale: An objective instrument to measure attitudes towards the rights and roles of women in contemporary society. JSAS Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology, 2(66)) and 20 work and life values, as measured by the…
Making female first‐line nurse managers more effective: A Delphi study of occupational stress
A two‐round Delphi study was conducted with a panel of 41 Canadian female nurse managers selected from hospitals with at least 100 beds, in the province of Alberta, Canada. The Delphi study examined the changing roles of First‐line nurse managers (FLNMs) and major challenges they face with the aim of identifying major stressors and presenting recommendations for senior health care administrators to effectively support FLNMs in the future. Finding…
Relationships between attitudes toward euthanasia and attitudes toward persons with disabilities
This exploratory study used 92 management undergraduates, in a politically and religiously conservative part of Canada near Montana, to examine the relationships between attitudes toward euthanasia and attitudes toward people with disabilities. Participants completed the 20-item Interaction with Disabled Persons (IDP) Scale [Gething, L. (1991). Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale: Manual and kit. Sydney: University of Sydney] and a single-ite…
Support for Reidenbach and Robin’s (1990) eight-item multidimensional ethics scale
Re-analyses of data from two independent studies using samples (N=216 and 247) of Canadian management undergraduates showed support for Reidenbach and Robin's [J. Business Ethics 7 (1988) 871] eight-item ethics scale derived from their full 38-item scale. The principal component analyses of ethics scores from the three scenarios used in each study supported the three constructs, Moral Equity, Relativism, and Contractualism. Importantly, scores we…
Are women more ethical than men? Findings from three independent studies
Re‐analyses of data from Canadian samples of management undergraduates in three independent studies of ethical dilemmas, as presented in vignettes, were conducted to test the hypothesis that women are more ethical than men. Several statistically significant gender differences were found when t‐tests for mean differences were used; however, the effect sizes were all small as measured by Cohen's d. Three existing frameworks were used to explain the…
A caveat on using single‐item versus multiple‐item scales
Single‐item measures are quick and easy to use; however, methodologists advocate the use of multiple‐item measures. Recently, this stringent viewpoint has been challenged. Using the classical formula for the correction for attenuation and job satisfaction data, they demonstrated that meaningful reliability estimates can be calculated for single‐item measures. This study examined this approach using “belief in a just world” data from two instrumen…
The Delphi method: A powerful tool for strategic management
The Delphi method can be a powerful tool to help police organizations forecast the future for the purposes of strategic management, and policy and program development among other potential applications for police management. The paper describes the characteristics of the method, including criticisms of the method, and steps in conducting a Delphi study as well as pitfalls to avoid
Motivational Orientations Toward Work: An Evaluation of the Work Preference Inventory (Student Form)
Analyses of the Work Preference Inventory (student form; T. M. Amabile, K. G. Hill, B. A. Hennessey, & E. M. Tighe, 1994) data from 200 management undergraduates showed qualified support for the inventory and its use for developmental purposes
A Psychometric Investigation of Scores on the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal New Form S
The Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (WGCTA) is a long-established and widely used measure. Recently, Watson and Glaser developed a short version, Form S, as a quickly administered measure of critical thinking. This study used samples of management ( n = 142) and nursing ( n = 123) undergraduates to evaluate the psychometric properties and factor structure of the new Form S as well as the role of gender and social desirability. The resul…
Cross-Cultural Response Styles on the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory
The Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI) has been a widely-used measure including use in cross-cultural and cross-national studies over the past 20 years. However, researchers have generally neglected the issue of cross-cultural response styles and simply accepted differences in KAI scores as indicators of real cross-cultural differences. The present study examined the KAI scores of Canadian and Japanese samples to identify any cross-nation…
A Psychometric and Construct Validity Assessment of the Flynn-Elloy Conflict Management Styles Inventory
This study examined Flynn and Elloy's (1987) 30-item Conflict Management Styles Inventory which taps five styles: competition, collaboration, compromise, avoidance, and accommodation. A sample of 210 management undergraduates completed the inventory and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability scale (Crowne & Marlowe, 1960). Subsamples also completed the General Decision-Making Style inventory (Scott & Bruce, 1995) or the Life Roles Inventory-Value…
Confirmatory factor analyses of Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI-1985)
Background. There has been mixed factor-analytic support for Kolb's original Learning Style Inventory (LSI) and the later refined version (LSI-1985) in terms of the two proposed dimensions and four learning styles.Aims. The present study used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to determine if the two proposed dimensions and four learning styles are clearly identified.Samples. Two hundred undergraduates in management courses completed the LSI-1985…
Attitudes Toward Women's Roles in Society: A Replication After 20 Years
Construct Validity and Classification Stability of the Revised Learning Style Inventory (LSI-1985)
This study of about 200 undergraduates examined the construct validity and classification stability over an academic semester of the revised Learning Style Inventory (LSI-1985).The psychometric and factor analyses at two points in time revealed limited support for the construct validity of the LSI-1985. One major problem was the cross-loading of Concrete Experience (CE) items on the two- and four-factor solutions. This problem also carries over t…
Structure of the collett-lester fear of death and dying scale
The study examined the factor and cluster structures and internal consistency reliabilities of the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale. Data were reanalyzed from an earlier study of 88 subjects who completed the scale under neutral conditions. The four subscales showed only weak recovery in the four-factor solution and gender loaded on the factor reflecting the Fear of Death of Others subscale. The two-factor solution showed that items reflecting …
Validation of the Ep4 Neuroticism Subscales Using a Japanese Sample
Recently, researchers have been examining the structure of the Neuroticism (N) scale in the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ). Several have proposed that the N scale reflects two distinct components. The purpose of the present study was to provide a cross-cultural examination of the dual nature of the EPQ's N scale using a sample of 246 Japanese undergraduates. This study found support for Roger and Morris' (1991) position that the N scale …
Differentiation of Trait and State Scales by the μ Index
The utility of Howarth's μ index for differentiating state and trait scales was examined given the various publications on this index since 1978. It is tentatively concluded that the index does differentiate state and trait scales; however, several concerns still need to be addressed. For example, the distribution of μ needs to be determined, along with tests of significance and more examples of the application of the index need to be reported in…
Differentiation of Trait and State Scales by the/I Index
Strategic planning for mental health services in Canada's federal police force
Extreme Samples on the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Psychoticism Scale
The P scale of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire was examined in three samples of normals which obtained either very high or very low means on the P scale. Psychometric problems such as low internal consistency and items with no variance were identified in the sample with a low P mean. Although more desirable psychometric properties were identified in the two samples with high P means, it was undesirable to label such samples of normals as be…
Nursing Students: Personality Dimensions and Attitudes toward Women
100 female nursing students completed the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and the Attitudes Toward Women Scale. A pattern of high Lie and low Psychoticism scores was found. Nursing students were more conservative than female undergraduates and more liberal than male undergraduates as indicated by the Attitudes Toward Women Scale. Scores on the four scales in the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire were independent of scores on the Attitudes Towar…
Performance Components of Field-Dependence Measures and the Application of Multivariate Procedures
Components underlying performance on field-dependence measures were examined. On the basis of these components and of the relationships between field-dependence measures and intelligence tests, it was suggested that field-dependence measures form two somewhat distinct clusters, embedded-figures and adjustment tests. It was noted that embedded-figures tests are related to intelligence, whereas adjustment tests are independent of intelligence. It w…
Estimates of Fakeability on the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire
The fakeability of scales on the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire was estimated when a homogeneous sample of female undergraduates was employed. Three instruction conditions were used: standard or honest, fake good, and fake bad. Various estimates of fakeability were used and the results supported Gordon and Gross's (1978) position that at lease two statistics be used so as to estimate both parameters, σD 2 , μD 2 , of the discrepancy distributi…
Birth Order and Person Variables
Application of the μ Index to the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
Various measures of internal consistency were used in the calculation of Howarth's μ index for the state and trait scales of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. The results suggested that Howarth's μ is a useful index to assess state scales and to differentiate state scales from trait scales at least in the case of this inventory. Caution is urged, however, in its use with other measures which are not so well validated as this and with affective s…
Attitudes Toward Women's Roles in Society: A Replication After 20 Years
Motivational Orientations Toward Work: An Evaluation of the Work Preference Inventory (Student Form)
Analyses of the Work Preference Inventory (student form; T. M. Amabile, K. G. Hill, B. A. Hennessey, & E. M. Tighe, 1994) data from 200 management undergraduates showed qualified support for the inventory and its use for developmental purposes
Relationships between attitudes toward women's roles in society, and work and life values
This exploratory study examined the relationships between attitudes toward women's roles in society, as measured by the six sub-scales on ward Women Scale (AWS: Spence, J. T., & Helmreich, R. L. (1972). The Attitudes Towards Women Scale: An objective instrument to measure attitudes towards the rights and roles of women in contemporary society. JSAS Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology, 2(66)) and 20 work and life values, as measured by the…
Support for Reidenbach and Robin’s (1990) eight-item multidimensional ethics scale
Re-analyses of data from two independent studies using samples (N=216 and 247) of Canadian management undergraduates showed support for Reidenbach and Robin's [J. Business Ethics 7 (1988) 871] eight-item ethics scale derived from their full 38-item scale. The principal component analyses of ethics scores from the three scenarios used in each study supported the three constructs, Moral Equity, Relativism, and Contractualism. Importantly, scores we…
Confirmatory factor analyses of Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI-1985)
Background. There has been mixed factor-analytic support for Kolb's original Learning Style Inventory (LSI) and the later refined version (LSI-1985) in terms of the two proposed dimensions and four learning styles.Aims. The present study used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to determine if the two proposed dimensions and four learning styles are clearly identified.Samples. Two hundred undergraduates in management courses completed the LSI-1985…
Structure of the collett-lester fear of death and dying scale
The study examined the factor and cluster structures and internal consistency reliabilities of the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale. Data were reanalyzed from an earlier study of 88 subjects who completed the scale under neutral conditions. The four subscales showed only weak recovery in the four-factor solution and gender loaded on the factor reflecting the Fear of Death of Others subscale. The two-factor solution showed that items reflecting …
Strategic planning for mental health services in Canada's federal police force
Storage and Retrieval of Verbal Information under Various Cueing Conditions in a Multitrial Experiment
A multitrial experiment examined the availability-accessibility hypothesis concerning recall for meaningful words. Ten subjects were assigned to one of four cueing conditions: cued learning, cued recall; cued learning, noncued recall; noncued learning, cued recall; and noncued learning, noncued recall. The stimuli were 40 meaningful words, each from a different category of either high or low taxonomic frequency. Trial 1 recall demonstrated that c…
Field Dependence and Personality: Comments on Ghuman's Article
It is suggested that Ghuman (1977) ignored studies which found significant, although only moderate, relationships between field dependence and personality variables. Secondly, it is suggested that his measures may have been insensitive in detecting relationships between field dependence and personality variables
Performance Components of Field-Dependence Measures and the Application of Multivariate Procedures
Components underlying performance on field-dependence measures were examined. On the basis of these components and of the relationships between field-dependence measures and intelligence tests, it was suggested that field-dependence measures form two somewhat distinct clusters, embedded-figures and adjustment tests. It was noted that embedded-figures tests are related to intelligence, whereas adjustment tests are independent of intelligence. It w…
Estimates of Fakeability on the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire
The fakeability of scales on the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire was estimated when a homogeneous sample of female undergraduates was employed. Three instruction conditions were used: standard or honest, fake good, and fake bad. Various estimates of fakeability were used and the results supported Gordon and Gross's (1978) position that at lease two statistics be used so as to estimate both parameters, σD 2 , μD 2 , of the discrepancy distributi…
Birth Order and Person Variables
Application of the μ Index to the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
Various measures of internal consistency were used in the calculation of Howarth's μ index for the state and trait scales of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. The results suggested that Howarth's μ is a useful index to assess state scales and to differentiate state scales from trait scales at least in the case of this inventory. Caution is urged, however, in its use with other measures which are not so well validated as this and with affective s…
Locus of Control Scores: A Critical Note
In view of the multidimensional nature of the construct of locus of control, of the measures of the construct, and of the equivocal findings reported in the literature, it is recommended that researchers consider at least three factors. Two involve the use of subscale or factor scores in addition to over-all scores from measures of locus of control and of other phenomena to which locus of control is hypothesized to relate. The third is the use of…
Extreme Samples on the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Psychoticism Scale
The P scale of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire was examined in three samples of normals which obtained either very high or very low means on the P scale. Psychometric problems such as low internal consistency and items with no variance were identified in the sample with a low P mean. Although more desirable psychometric properties were identified in the two samples with high P means, it was undesirable to label such samples of normals as be…
Nursing Students: Personality Dimensions and Attitudes toward Women
100 female nursing students completed the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and the Attitudes Toward Women Scale. A pattern of high Lie and low Psychoticism scores was found. Nursing students were more conservative than female undergraduates and more liberal than male undergraduates as indicated by the Attitudes Toward Women Scale. Scores on the four scales in the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire were independent of scores on the Attitudes Towar…
Strategic planning for mental health services in Canada's federal police force
Differentiation of Trait and State Scales by the μ Index
The utility of Howarth's μ index for differentiating state and trait scales was examined given the various publications on this index since 1978. It is tentatively concluded that the index does differentiate state and trait scales; however, several concerns still need to be addressed. For example, the distribution of μ needs to be determined, along with tests of significance and more examples of the application of the index need to be reported in…
Differentiation of Trait and State Scales by the/I Index
Validation of the Ep4 Neuroticism Subscales Using a Japanese Sample
Recently, researchers have been examining the structure of the Neuroticism (N) scale in the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ). Several have proposed that the N scale reflects two distinct components. The purpose of the present study was to provide a cross-cultural examination of the dual nature of the EPQ's N scale using a sample of 246 Japanese undergraduates. This study found support for Roger and Morris' (1991) position that the N scale …
Construct Validity and Classification Stability of the Revised Learning Style Inventory (LSI-1985)
This study of about 200 undergraduates examined the construct validity and classification stability over an academic semester of the revised Learning Style Inventory (LSI-1985).The psychometric and factor analyses at two points in time revealed limited support for the construct validity of the LSI-1985. One major problem was the cross-loading of Concrete Experience (CE) items on the two- and four-factor solutions. This problem also carries over t…
Structure of the collett-lester fear of death and dying scale
The study examined the factor and cluster structures and internal consistency reliabilities of the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale. Data were reanalyzed from an earlier study of 88 subjects who completed the scale under neutral conditions. The four subscales showed only weak recovery in the four-factor solution and gender loaded on the factor reflecting the Fear of Death of Others subscale. The two-factor solution showed that items reflecting …
Attitudes Toward Women's Roles in Society: A Replication After 20 Years
A Psychometric Investigation of Scores on the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal New Form S
The Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (WGCTA) is a long-established and widely used measure. Recently, Watson and Glaser developed a short version, Form S, as a quickly administered measure of critical thinking. This study used samples of management ( n = 142) and nursing ( n = 123) undergraduates to evaluate the psychometric properties and factor structure of the new Form S as well as the role of gender and social desirability. The resul…
Cross-Cultural Response Styles on the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory
The Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI) has been a widely-used measure including use in cross-cultural and cross-national studies over the past 20 years. However, researchers have generally neglected the issue of cross-cultural response styles and simply accepted differences in KAI scores as indicators of real cross-cultural differences. The present study examined the KAI scores of Canadian and Japanese samples to identify any cross-nation…
A Psychometric and Construct Validity Assessment of the Flynn-Elloy Conflict Management Styles Inventory
This study examined Flynn and Elloy's (1987) 30-item Conflict Management Styles Inventory which taps five styles: competition, collaboration, compromise, avoidance, and accommodation. A sample of 210 management undergraduates completed the inventory and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability scale (Crowne & Marlowe, 1960). Subsamples also completed the General Decision-Making Style inventory (Scott & Bruce, 1995) or the Life Roles Inventory-Value…
Confirmatory factor analyses of Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI-1985)
Background. There has been mixed factor-analytic support for Kolb's original Learning Style Inventory (LSI) and the later refined version (LSI-1985) in terms of the two proposed dimensions and four learning styles.Aims. The present study used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to determine if the two proposed dimensions and four learning styles are clearly identified.Samples. Two hundred undergraduates in management courses completed the LSI-1985…
Motivational Orientations Toward Work: An Evaluation of the Work Preference Inventory (Student Form)
Analyses of the Work Preference Inventory (student form; T. M. Amabile, K. G. Hill, B. A. Hennessey, & E. M. Tighe, 1994) data from 200 management undergraduates showed qualified support for the inventory and its use for developmental purposes
A caveat on using single‐item versus multiple‐item scales
Single‐item measures are quick and easy to use; however, methodologists advocate the use of multiple‐item measures. Recently, this stringent viewpoint has been challenged. Using the classical formula for the correction for attenuation and job satisfaction data, they demonstrated that meaningful reliability estimates can be calculated for single‐item measures. This study examined this approach using “belief in a just world” data from two instrumen…
The Delphi method: A powerful tool for strategic management
The Delphi method can be a powerful tool to help police organizations forecast the future for the purposes of strategic management, and policy and program development among other potential applications for police management. The paper describes the characteristics of the method, including criticisms of the method, and steps in conducting a Delphi study as well as pitfalls to avoid
Are women more ethical than men? Findings from three independent studies
Re‐analyses of data from Canadian samples of management undergraduates in three independent studies of ethical dilemmas, as presented in vignettes, were conducted to test the hypothesis that women are more ethical than men. Several statistically significant gender differences were found when t‐tests for mean differences were used; however, the effect sizes were all small as measured by Cohen's d. Three existing frameworks were used to explain the…
Making female first‐line nurse managers more effective: A Delphi study of occupational stress
A two‐round Delphi study was conducted with a panel of 41 Canadian female nurse managers selected from hospitals with at least 100 beds, in the province of Alberta, Canada. The Delphi study examined the changing roles of First‐line nurse managers (FLNMs) and major challenges they face with the aim of identifying major stressors and presenting recommendations for senior health care administrators to effectively support FLNMs in the future. Finding…
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