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Testing the discriminant validity of occupational entrenchment
Author(s) -
Blau Gary
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1348/096317901167244
Subject(s) - psychology , construct (python library) , job satisfaction , locus of control , social psychology , dimension (graph theory) , construct validity , occupational stress , externality , sample (material) , job performance , discriminant validity , psychometrics , microeconomics , economics , clinical psychology , mathematics , internal consistency , computer science , chemistry , chromatography , pure mathematics , programming language
Using a sample of medical technologists (MTs) over a 5‐year time period, this study's results suggest that occupational entrenchment (Carson, Carson, & Medeian, 1995) may be better represented as a two‐dimension, i.e. accumulated costs and limited alternatives, vs. three‐dimension, i.e. investments, emotional costs, and limited alternatives, construct. Results show that professional commitment, job satisfaction, job involvement, and organizational support were more strongly positively related to accumulated costs than limited alternatives, while externality (locus of control) and lower work ethic were more strongly related to limited alternatives than accumulated costs. It is speculated that these results may be useful in future research on the broader construct of occupational commitment.