Defining and Measuring Employees’ Identification with Their Work Groups
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20282146 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine M Riordan, Elizabeth W Weatherly (University of Georgia) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 310-324 |
| Publication date | 1999-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational and Psychological Measurement (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1644 • E-ISSN: 1552-3888 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00131649921969866 |
| OpenAlex | W2070790014 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 25 |
The objective of this study was to develop a conceptually and methodologically sound measure of employee identification with the work group. A three-phase analysis approach was used. First, a content analysis was conducted with subject matter experts (SMEs) in the field of organizational behavior and psychology. Second, an exploratory factor analysis of the factor structure was conducted using a sample of employees from a credit union ( N = 140). Finally, confirmatory analyses using LISREL 8 were conducted with a sample of employees derived from four insurance organizations ( N = 309). The exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported the factor structure of the identification measure and the scale scores showed acceptable levels of internal consistency in both samples ([.alpha] = .78; [.alpha] = .79, respectively). We also demonstrated that the construct of work group identification is distinct from but related to both work group cohesiveness and work group communication
Confirmatory factor analysis · Developmental psychology · Exploratory factor analysis · Identification (biology) · LISREL · Organizational commitment · Organizational identification · Psychometrics · Sample (material) · Scale (ratio) · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Applied Psychology · Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting · Customer Service Quality and Loyalty · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Proportion of women in work teams and team performance
The Role of Team Identification in the Dissimilarity-Conflict Relationship
Multiple organizational identification levels and the impact of perceived external prestige and communication climate
Cognitive and affective identification
Energy at work
A relational demography model of workgroup identification
Use of Exploratory Factor Analysis in Published Research
An examination of the relationship between conscientiousness and group performance on a creative task
Further validation of a single‐item measure of social identification
When do interprofessional teams succeed? Investigating the moderating roles of team and professional identity in interprofessional effectiveness
Does social identity theory underlie relational demography? A test of the moderating effects of uncertainty reduction and status enhancement on similarity effects
Group Identification under Conditions of Threat
Handbook of organizational measurement
Control in organizations
A Review of Scale Development Practices in the Study of Organizations
Hierarchically Nested Covariance Structure Models for Multitrait-Multimethod Data
A Reliability Coefficient for Maximum Likelihood Factor Analysis
Group productivity, drive, and cohesiveness
Identifying Organizational Identification
Structural Model Evaluation and Modification
Explaining intergroup differentiation in an industrial organization
Structural equation modeling in practice
Group Identification
Identification, Personality Needs, and Managerial Position
Evaluation of goodness-of-fit indices for structural equation models
Comparative fit indexes in structural models
Alumni and their alma mater
Identification as the Basis for a Theory of Motivation
Identification and the postwar world
Construct validity in psychological tests
The relation between group cohesiveness and performance
Leadership, Psychology, and Organization Behavior
| Citations per year | 0.65 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2023 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |