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Evaluating the Constructvalidity of Work Commitment Measures

dc.contributor.authorGaither, Caroline A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T19:26:39Z
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dc.date.issued1993en_US
dc.identifier.citationGaither, Caroline (1993). "Evaluating the Constructvalidity of Work Commitment Measures." Evaluation & the Health Professions 4(16): 417-433. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67411>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0163-2787en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67411
dc.description.abstractA detailed description of the use of confirmatory factor analysis when evaluating the construct validity of work commitment measures is provided Using a random sample of 841 licensed pharmacists, evidence for the convergent and discriminant validity of the measures of career commitment, organizational commitment, career withdrawal intention, and job withdrawal intention was obtained. The factor loadings, error variances, and fit indices all indicated an adequate fit. The psychometric properties of each scale indicated that the scale items had high reliabilities. The results of these analyses indicate that confirmatory factor analysis provides an alternative to exploratory analyses when determining the construct validity of work commitment concept measures. Continued use of these scales is recommended in other professional groups so that these results may be replicateden_US
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dc.publisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC.en_US
dc.titleEvaluating the Constructvalidity of Work Commitment Measuresen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPublic Healthen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67411/2/10.1177_016327879301600405.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/016327879301600405en_US
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