TY - JOUR
T1 - Dispositional resistance to change: Measurement equivalence and the link to personal values across 17 nations
AU - Oreg, Shaul
AU - Han, Jian
AU - Jimmieson, Nerina
AU - Topić, Marina Kotrla
AU - van Dam, Karen
AU - Topić, Marina Kotrla
AU - Saksvik, Per Øystein
AU - Saksvik, Ingvild
AU - Arciniega, Luis
AU - Bozionelos, Nikos
AU - Mitsuhashi, Hit
AU - Vakola, Maria
AU - Barkauskiene, Rasa
AU - Armenakis, Achilles
AU - Mlačić, Boris
AU - González, Luis
AU - Hřebíčková, Martina
AU - Hetland, Hilde
AU - Fujimoto, Yuka
AU - Bayazit, Mahmut
AU - Kordačová, Jana
AU - Ferić, Ivana
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
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
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 - Journal
SN - 0021-9010
VL - 93
SP - 935
EP - 944
JO - Journal of Applied Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Psychology
IS - 4
ER -