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Dimensionality of Cook and Wall's (1980) British Organizational Commitment Scale revisited
Author(s) -
Mathews Brian P.,
Shepherd Jeryl L.
Publication year - 2002
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 - 10.1348/096317902320369767
Subject(s) - organizational commitment , curse of dimensionality , psychology , scale (ratio) , construct (python library) , social psychology , organizational behavior , statistics , mathematics , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
Organizational commitment can help explain a range of human attitudes and behaviours at work and the measurement of this construct is central to explaining such organizational linkages. The purpose of this article is to re‐examine the dimensionality of Cook and Wall's (1980) British Organizational Commitment Scale (BOCS) and further to examine the extent to which it holds good in several organizational contexts. The outcomes suggest that the six‐item version (all positive) remains superior and is robust across the three organizations studied, although factor covariances and loadings differ.