Open AccessDevelopment and Validation of the Japanese Version of Organization‐Based Self‐Esteem Scale
Author(s) -
Matsuda Yoriko,
Pierce Jon L.,
Ishikawa Rie
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of occupational health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 59
ISSN - 1348-9585
DOI - 10.1539/joh.l10129
Subject(s) - nomological network , psychology , scale (ratio) , structural equation modeling , social psychology , construct validity , sample (material) , self esteem , measurement invariance , reliability (semiconductor) , factorial analysis , applied psychology , confirmatory factor analysis , psychometrics , clinical psychology , statistics , mathematics , power (physics) , physics , chemistry , chromatography , quantum mechanics
Development and Validation of the Japanese Version of Organization‐Based Self‐Esteem Scale: Yoriko Matsuda, et al. Health Psychology and Welfare Research Institute, J. F. Oberlin University—Objectives The purpose of this study was to validate a Japanese version of the organization‐based self‐esteem (OBSE) scale, a positive self‐concept that has been proven to play an important role in predicting employees' work attitudes and behaviors primarily in a Western organizational setting. Methods Two independent ield studies, Study One and Study Two, involving 1,562 Japanese employees from a variety of organizations were conducted by employing a web‐based questionnaire. Results In Study One, initial evidence for the factorial validity of an eight‐item, single factor scale, with high internal consistency (0.93 and 0.88 for Sample 1 and Sample 2, respectively) and test‐retest reliability (r=0.84) was provided. In Study Two, the eight‐factor structure was replicated and multiple‐group conirmatory factor analysis (CFA) demonstrated measurement invariance across two samples. In addition, a series of CFA demonstrated that the Japanese OBSE is a distinct construct from global self‐esteem, job complexity and work engagement. Furthermore, the nomological validity evidence was demonstrated through structural equation modeling. Conclusions The Japanese OBSE scale is presented as a psychometrically sound measure that can contribute to furthering substantive OBSE research.