Construction of a Reliable and Valid Scale for Measuring Organizational Culture

Somonnoy Ghosh and Bhupen K. Srivastava
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Somonnoy Ghosh: Somonnoy Ghosh, Fellow Programme in Management, International Management Institute, B-10, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi 110016, India. E-mail: somonnoyghosh@gmail.com
Bhupen K. Srivastava: Bhupen K. Srivastava, Professor, International Management Institute, B-10, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi 110016, India. E-mail: bhupen@imi.edu

Global Business Review, 2014, vol. 15, issue 3, 583-596

Abstract: A number of survey instruments measuring organizational culture can be found in the literature. Many of these have been reported to suffer from construct and methodology related weaknesses. Specifically, these have been found to either have insufficient theoretical basis or result in a narrow depiction of the multidimensional construct of organizational culture. In this article, the authors report the construction of a scale for measuring organizational culture that starts with a sound theoretical model to identify dimensions that comprehensively cover the content domain of organizational culture. Exploratory factor analysis has been used to extract seven factors. When interpreted, these factors align well with the starting theoretical model. The scale thus developed has been found to be internally consistent and demonstrates construct validity.

Keywords: Organizational culture; construction of scale; dimensions of culture; exploratory factor analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/0972150914535145

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