Organizational support theory, assumes employees form belief regarding their organizational values, their contributions and organizations cares about their well-being.
o Can this theory be measured?
o Specifically can employee’s perception of self-worth relationship to a leader’s style of leadership be measured?
o If so what are the appropriate validated measuring instruments?
o What literatures are there related to this topic?
o Are there any literatures or research studying a competency model approach related to employees self-worth relationship to leadership styles?
Dear Donta,
You can start with this scale.
SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
Three out of five items of Social Support Scales developed by House and Caplan (Caplan, Cobb, French, van Harrison, & Pinneau, 1975)
My supervisor can be relied on when things get tough at work.
My supervisor is willing to listen to your work-related problems.
My supervisor is helpful for you to get your job done.
My peers can be relied on when things get tough at work.
My peers are willing to listen to your work-related problems.
My peers are helpful for you to get your job done.
Caplan, R. D., Cobb, S., French, I. R. P., van Harrison, R., & Pinneau, S. R. (1975). Job demands and worker health (Report No. 75-160). Washington, DC: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Dormann, C., & Zapf, D. (1999). Social Support, Social Stressors at Work, and Depressive Symptoms: Testing for Main and Moderating Effects With Structural Equations in a Three-Wave Longitudinal Study. Journal of applied psychology, 84, 874 – 884.
Perceived Organizational Support
INSTRUCTIONS: The following items ask about various factors at work. Please write the number of the response alternative that indicates the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements.
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2
3
4
5
Strongly
Disagree
Somewhat
Disagree
Neither Agree
nor Disagree
Somewhat
Agree
Strongly
Agree
My organization cares about my opinions.
My organization really cares about my well-being.
My organization strongly considers my goals and values.
Help is available from my organization when I have a problem.
My organization would forgive an honest mistake on my part.
If given the opportunity, my organization would take advantage of me. (R)
My organization shows very little concern for me. (R)
My organization is willing to help me if I need a special favor.
Dear Donta!
We are currently applying the method of Markoczy & Goldberg (1995) in order to measure differences between mental models of managers. You can similarly apply this method and measure employees' beliefs concerning, e.g., a manager and check whether there are any significant differences.
Sincerely,
Eugene
PS. The formula is in the paper of 1995.
http://jom.sagepub.com/content/21/2/305.short
http://amj.aom.org/content/40/5/1228.short
A new and easy approach to objectively evaluating and improving theories based on their internal structure is Integrative Propositional Analysis (IPA). See attached. I would be happy to work with you on this - a possible paper? But email is easier: [email protected]
Hi Steven,
I looked through your paper but I couldn'the find a precise description of the method. Could you write a bit more about steps you make in order to improve or analyse a theory according to its structure?
Best,
Eugene
Dear
Organizational support theory provided by Robert Eisenberger (1986). There are scale has high reliability and validity is perceived organizational support scale. In addition, a literature includes scale about perceived supervisor support.
Hi Yevgen,
The attached PPT presentation has a more clear step-by-step example. Especially slides 16-22
If you would like to work-through an example, please contact me by email and we can set up a time to talk by phone.
Thanks,
Steve
Hi Donta,
The attached journal article contains scales for Perceived Organisational Support (SPOS) from Eisenberger et al (1986) either in original or shortened version.
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