Research Methodology – Page 2 – Work, Stress, and Health

Developing and Validating a Respectful Workplace Climate Scale with Construction Workers as Exemplar: A Total Worker Health Approach (Phase I)

November 13, 2021November 12, 2021

Our project aims to develop and validate a Respectful Workplace Climate Scale to support the goal of fostering, promoting, and measuring a respectful workplace culture and climate in the workplace. In order to develop a reliable and valid respectful climate scale, we will utilize a mixed methods approach with both qualitative and quantitative methods. The current study represents Phase I of the project, providing insight on this topic based on the literature review and analysis of 10 SME?s responses. The long-term goal of this project is to help companies build a respectful workplace by developing a psychometrically sound Respectful Workplace Climate Scale that they can use to gauge the status of respect in their workplaces and the progress of interventions implemented.

Single-item Measures: The orphaned nephew, living in the cupboard under the stairs, of measurement

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021

The knee-jerk reaction that all single-item measures in some respect imply a weak research design is counterproductive, and serves to limit advancements in the organizational sciences. Beyond providing an off-the-shelf compendium of single-item measures for scholars and practitioners we demonstrate that 82% (75 of the 91) single-item measures under consideration in our program of research demonstrated very good or extensive validity, evidencing moderate to high content validity, no usability concerns, moderate to high test-retest reliability, and extensive criterion validity.