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 Volume 11, Issue 2 (February 2024), Pages: 16-24

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 Original Research Paper

Development and validation of a scale for measuring organizational behavior: A comprehensive approach

 Author(s): 

 Laongsri Niangchaem 1, Khahan Na-Nan 2, *, Kanakarn Phanniphong 1

 Affiliation(s):

 1Faculty of Business Administration and Information Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-Ok, Bangkok, Thailand
 2Faculty of Business Administration, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Pathum Thani, Thailand

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5679-1070

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2024.02.003

 Abstract

Organizational behavior has long been a focus for researchers and academicians, and it is crucial for individual, team, and organizational achievements. There are debates about how to accurately measure organizational behavior, and existing scales have limitations. This paper offers a detailed view of developing scales in organizational behavior studies. This includes creating items, assessing content validity, pilot testing, refining items, validating the scale, and collecting data. The scale's validity and reliability are confirmed using statistical methods like exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The analysis results show the scale's legitimacy through factor loadings and reliability. The final scale is described, detailing the number of items and their specific dimensions. The discussion highlights the scale's benefits and limitations, its practical uses in organizational behavior research, and future research suggestions. This article is a thorough guide for researchers on creating effective and dependable measurement tools in organizational behavior.

 © 2024 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Scale development, Organizational behavior, Content validity, Item refinement, Scale validation

 Article history

 Received 28 September 2023, Received in revised form 16 January 2024, Accepted 17 January 2024

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Niangchaem L, Na-Nan K, and Phanniphong K (2024). Development and validation of a scale for measuring organizational behavior: A comprehensive approach. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 11(2): 16-24

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