Workplace status

The development and validation of a scale.

Bibliographic Data

ID23317134
AuthorsEmilija Djurdjevic (0000-0002-1007-6442, University of Rhode Island), Adam C Stoverink (0000-0002-3764-3777, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville), Anthony C Klotz (0000-0001-7365-9744, Oregon State University), Joel Koopman (0000-0003-3431-3446, Texas A&M University), Serge P Da Motta Veiga (0000-0002-5550-6346, American University), Kai Chi Yam (0000-0001-7381-8039, National University of Singapore), Jack Ting-Ju Chiang (0000-0003-3555-5383, Peking University)
Year2017
Volume102
Issue7
Pages1124-1147
Publication date2017-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Applied Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9010 • E-ISSN: 1939-1854
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/apl0000202
PMID28333498
OpenAlexW2599332144
LanguageEN
Citations received55

Research suggests that employee status, and various status proxies, relate to a number of meaningful outcomes in the workplace. The advancement of the study of status in organizational settings has, however, been stymied by the lack of a validated workplace status measure. The purpose of this manuscript, therefore, is to develop and validate a measure of workplace status based on a theoretically grounded definition of status in organizations. Subject-matter experts were used to examine the content validity of the measure. Then, 2 separate samples were employed to assess the psychometric properties (i.e., factor structure, reliability, convergent and discriminant validity) and nomological network of a 5-item, self-report Workplace Status Scale (WSS). To allow for methodological flexibility, an additional 3 samples were used to extend the WSS to coworker reports of a focal employee's status, provide additional evidence for the validity and reliability of the WSS, and to demonstrate consensus among coworker ratings. Together, these studies provide evidence of the psychometric soundness of the WSS for assessing employee status using either self-reports or other-source reports. The implications of the development of the WSS for the study of status in organizations are discussed, and suggestions for future research using the new measure are offered. (PsycINFO Database Record

Convergent validity · Discriminant validity · Industrial and organizational psychology · Internal consistency · MEDLINE · Nomological network · Psychometrics · PsycINFO · Reliability (semiconductor) · Scale (ratio) · Test validity · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology

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