Construction and Validation of Workplace Harassment Strains Scale

Abstract

This study was conducted to develop a psychometrically sound tool to measure strains of workplace harassment. For this purpose, the present study was completed in four phases. Phase I was composed of the development of items. Exploratory factor analysis on a sample of 200 teachers with an age range twenty four to sixty (M=32.83, SD=7.04) was completed in Phase II. Findings showed 5 well-defined factors. Phase III was comprised of CFA. The sample for confirmatory analysis was taken from seven universities. The purposive sampling was used to gather a sample. Results confirmed a good fit model. In Phase IV, validity analysis (both convergent and discriminant) of the newly developed workplace bullying strains scale was conducted. The value of the alpha coefficient of the workplace bullying strains scale is .94. Furthermore, discriminant validity - .61, and convergent validity .76 confirmed that the workplace bullying strains scale is a valid and reliable measure with p<.01. Future research may be conducted to quantify the measurement scale developed by the authors><.01. Future research may be conducted to quantify the measurement scale developed by the authors.