TY - JOUR
T1 - Dispositional Resistance to Change
T2 - Measurement Equivalence and the Link to Personal Values Across 17 Nations
AU - Oreg, Shaul
AU - Bayazit, Mahmut
AU - Vakola, Maria
AU - Arciniega, Luis
AU - Armenakis, Achilles
AU - Barkauskiene, Rasa
AU - Bozionelos, Nikos
AU - Fujimoto, Yuka
AU - González, Luis
AU - Han, Jian
AU - Hřebíĉková, Martina
AU - Jimmieson, Nerina
AU - Kordaĉová, Jana
AU - Mitsuhashi, Hitoshi
AU - Mlaĉić, Boris
AU - Ferić, Ivana
AU - Topić, Marina Kotrla
AU - Ohly, Sandra
AU - Saksvik, Per Øystein
AU - Hetland, Hilde
AU - Saksvik, Ingvild
AU - van Dam, Karen
PY - 2008/7
Y1 - 2008/7
N2 - The concept of dispositional resistance to change has been introduced in a series of exploratory and confirmatory analyses through which the validity of the Resistance to Change (RTC) Scale has been established (S. Oreg, 2003). However, the vast majority of participants with whom the scale was validated were from the United States. The purpose of the present work was to examine the meaningfulness of the construct and the validity of the scale across nations. Measurement equivalence analyses of data from 17 countries, representing 13 languages and 4 continents, confirmed the cross-national validity of the scale. Equivalent patterns of relationships between personal values and RTC across samples extend the nomological net of the construct and provide further evidence that dispositional resistance to change holds equivalent meanings across nations.
AB - The concept of dispositional resistance to change has been introduced in a series of exploratory and confirmatory analyses through which the validity of the Resistance to Change (RTC) Scale has been established (S. Oreg, 2003). However, the vast majority of participants with whom the scale was validated were from the United States. The purpose of the present work was to examine the meaningfulness of the construct and the validity of the scale across nations. Measurement equivalence analyses of data from 17 countries, representing 13 languages and 4 continents, confirmed the cross-national validity of the scale. Equivalent patterns of relationships between personal values and RTC across samples extend the nomological net of the construct and provide further evidence that dispositional resistance to change holds equivalent meanings across nations.
KW - measurement equivalence
KW - personal values
KW - resistance to change
KW - scale validation
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U2 - 10.1037/0021-9010.93.4.935
DO - 10.1037/0021-9010.93.4.935
M3 - Article
C2 - 18642996
AN - SCOPUS:48049086831
SN - 0021-9010
VL - 93
SP - 935
EP - 944
JO - Journal of Applied Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Psychology
IS - 4
ER -