TY - JOUR
T1 - Validating the organizational climate measure
T2 - links to managerial practices, productivity and innovation
AU - Patterson, Malcolm
AU - West, Michael A.
AU - Shackleton, Viv J.
AU - Dawson, Jeremy F.
AU - Lawthom, Rebecca
AU - Maitlis, Sally
AU - Robinson, David L.
AU - Wallace, Alison M.
PY - 2005/6
Y1 - 2005/6
N2 - This paper describes the development and validation of a multidimensional measure of organizational climate, the Organizational Climate Measure (OCM), based upon Quinn and Rohrbaugh's Competing Values model. A sample of 6869 employees across 55 manufacturing organizations completed the questionnaire. The 17 scales contained within the measure had acceptable levels of reliability and were factorially distinct. Concurrent validity was measured by correlating employees' ratings with managers' and interviewers' descriptions of managerial practices and organizational characteristics. Predictive validity was established using measures of productivity and innovation. The OCM also discriminated effectively between organizations, demonstrating good discriminant validity. The measure offers researchers a relatively comprehensive and flexible approach to the assessment of organizational members' experience and promises applied and theoretical benefits. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
AB - This paper describes the development and validation of a multidimensional measure of organizational climate, the Organizational Climate Measure (OCM), based upon Quinn and Rohrbaugh's Competing Values model. A sample of 6869 employees across 55 manufacturing organizations completed the questionnaire. The 17 scales contained within the measure had acceptable levels of reliability and were factorially distinct. Concurrent validity was measured by correlating employees' ratings with managers' and interviewers' descriptions of managerial practices and organizational characteristics. Predictive validity was established using measures of productivity and innovation. The OCM also discriminated effectively between organizations, demonstrating good discriminant validity. The measure offers researchers a relatively comprehensive and flexible approach to the assessment of organizational members' experience and promises applied and theoretical benefits. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
KW - multidimensional measure
KW - organizational climate
KW - Organizational Climate Measure
KW - OCM
KW - Quinn and Rohrbaugh's Competing Values model
KW - managerial practices
KW - organizational characteristics
KW - productivity
KW - innovation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=20744447334&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/job.312/abstract
U2 - 10.1002/job.312
DO - 10.1002/job.312
M3 - Article
SN - 0894-3796
VL - 26
SP - 379
EP - 408
JO - Journal of Organizational Behavior
JF - Journal of Organizational Behavior
IS - 4
ER -