Arjun Kumar Shrestha

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Is workplace spirituality a positive psychological construct?

I am not clear whether workplace spirituality is a positive psychological construct or an antecedent of positive psychological constructs.

20 April 2016 8,074 9 View

In Baron and Kenny's( 1986) mediation analysis, is it necessary that there should be a significant relationship between DV and IV?

In case of complete mediation, the effect of independent variable on dependent variable is through the mediating variable. If it is the case, why should we expect the direct effect of independent...

21 January 2016 3,954 5 View

Can anyone suggest a validated scale for capturing psychological capital (PsyCap)?

I need a scale to measure PsyCap and am searching for an alternative scale to Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) which is available to researcher for free.

24 December 2015 7,427 6 View

While testing moderating effect, is it necessary to center the variables?

I am testing the moderating effect of emotional intelligence on the relationship between workplace spirituality and intrinsic work satisfaction using moderated multiple regression analysis. If...

02 September 2015 6,986 19 View

Can you suggest any book for structural equation modeling using LISREL?

I am looking for a book or any other resources for SEM using LISREL.

15 April 2015 4,443 11 View

While conducting reliability analysis (Cronbach alpha) in SPSS, is it necessary to delete the items, even if the initial value of alpha is above .70?

I was checking the reliability of a 22-item wokplace spirituality scale. The initial value of Cronbach alpha is .81(with 22-items). But if one item is deleted, the value increases to .84. Should...

09 April 2015 5,440 10 View

Is it necessary to do correction to significance level while conducting Pearson correlation coefficients between different continuous variables?

I found some authors using Bonferroni approach while deciding the significance level of Pearson's correlation in which the relationship between two variables is said to be significant when the p...

10 March 2015 7,761 7 View

What could be the implications of doing parametric tests for non-normal data?

I want to examine the direct relationships between workplace spirituality and employee attitudes (job satisfaction and organizational commitment) through correlation analyses. The Shapiro wilk...

13 February 2015 6,695 5 View

Can we do exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis in the same data set?

While validating a scale, I had first used EFA and then CFA with the same data set. Reviewer of my paper suggested not to perform EFA as we can't perform both the CFA and EFA in the same data set.

01 December 2014 6,941 88 View

Are there any scales available for measuring Hindu and Buddhist work ethics?

There are scales available for measuring Christian and Islamic work ethics, but I'm not aware of any scale for Hindu or Buddhist work ethics.

16 October 2014 2,325 4 View

Can any one suggest me a scale for capturing Public Service Motivation other than Perry's (1996) 24-item scale?

I want to use this scale in a Nepali context.

14 August 2014 6,712 4 View

Could you please share the research question/objectives of your study?

The study topic sounds interesting. Is there any possibility of collaboration?

01 January 1970 5,979 1 View