Validation and Measurement of Perceived Environmental Threat as an Antecedent to Job Insecurity

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ID13649669
AuthorsWilliam D Reisel (0000-0002-2325-9504, Tobin College of Business, St. John's University, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume93
Issue2
Pages359-364
Publication date2003-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.2003.93.2.359
PMID14650655
OpenAlexW2093134665
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

The Perceived Environmental Threat scale was designed to measure perception of environmental sources of threat to an individual's job. A total of 276 managers responded to a survey to test the psychometric characteristics. Analysis supported the internal reliability and factor structure and anticipated correlations were observed with two measures of job insecurity. The Perceived Environmental Threat scale also demonstrated convergent validity as scores correlated positively with those on Anticipated Organizational Change which, generally, did not correlate significantly with trust, commitment, or role ambiguity, variables with which it was not expected to be related. The evidence was generally supportive of the overall psychometric properties, offering academic researchers and managers a useful means of evaluating perceived environmental threat

Ambiguity · Antecedent (behavioral psychology · Convergent validity · Internal consistency · Job insecurity · Perception · Psychometrics · Reliability (semiconductor · Scale (ratio · Test (biology · Work (physics · Applied Psychology · Climate Change and Sustainable Development · Clinical Psychology · Earthquake and Tsunami Effects · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Plant responses to elevated CO2 · Psychology · Social Psychology

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