Job satisfaction and organizational commitment: Test of measurement equivalence between Mexico and the United States

Daniel Arturo Cernas Ortiz (), Patricia Mercado Salgado and Filadelfo León Cázares
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Daniel Arturo Cernas Ortiz: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, México
Patricia Mercado Salgado: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, México
Filadelfo León Cázares: Universidad de Guadalajara, México

Contaduría y Administración, 2018, vol. 63, issue 2, 192-210

Abstract: The purpose of this work was to estudied the measurement equivalence of a job satisfaction scale and an organizational commitment scale between the Mexican culture and that of the United States. The data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire that was applied to a sample of master’s degree students from both nations (Mexico = 287, United States = 273). The results indicated that the analyzed scales are not invariant between the cultures. One implication of this finding is that transcultural job satisfaction and organizational commitment studies can report invalid results regarding the direct comparison of the concepts. To avoid this, we recommend taking certain precautions in the preparation and the analysis of data.

Keywords: Measurement equivalence; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment; National culture. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C38 C83 M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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