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Climate for work group creativity and innovation: Norwegian validation of the team climate inventory (TCI)
Author(s) -
MATHISEN GRO ELLEN,
EINARSEN STÅLE,
JØRSTAD KARI,
BRØNNICK KOLBJØRN S.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2004.00420.x
Subject(s) - norwegian , psychology , cronbach's alpha , exploratory factor analysis , confirmatory factor analysis , applied psychology , social psychology , psychometrics , service (business) , clinical psychology , marketing , business , philosophy , linguistics
The present study assessed the psychometric properties and the validity of the Norwegian translation of the Team Climate Inventory (TCI). The TCI is a measure of climate for innovation within groups at work and is based on the four‐factor theory of climate for innovation (West, 1990). Cronbach's alpha revealed satisfactory reliabilities and exploratory factor analysis successfully extracted the four original factors as well as a fifth factor that has also been reported in other studies ( N = 195 teams from a wide range of professions). Results from confirmatory factor analysis, using a different sample ( N = 106 teams from the Norwegian public postal service), suggested that the five‐factor solution had the most parsimonious fit. Criterion validity was explored by correlating TCI scores from 92 post offices and 395 postal distribution teams with customer satisfaction scores. Significant positive relationships were found between three of four TCI scales and customer satisfaction.