Developing a new measure for work alienation
Abstract
There is limited research on work alienation in contemporary management
studies. One of the possible reasons is the lack of a parsimonious and validated
measure of work alienation. The present study reports the construction
and evaluation of a new scale for measuring work alienation, in the interest
of facilitating further research in this area and aiding the detection and
assessment of worker alienation, providing cues to which management should
pay attention for any consequent correction, if needed. In Study 1, we
developed an initial scale in order to assess the construct and administered
it to 99 management executives in India. Exploratory factor analysis led to
a revised unidimensional scale, which was then administered to a second
sample. In Study 2 (N = 371), confirmatory factor analysis was conducted
and the reliability and validity of the scale was assessed. The results indicate
good psychometric properties for the newly developed measure of work
alienation, providing a robust measure for its use in testing worker alienation
and facilitating any required correction to ensure enhanced employee
well-being
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