TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing Disagreement Expressed to Management
T2 - Development of the Upward Dissent Scale
AU - Kassing, Jeffrey
AU - Kava, Wendy
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - The purpose of this study was to create a quantitative measure that would be capable of capturing variation in upward dissent expression. Two hundred twenty-five working adults completed a survey questionnaire that included an initial set of items. Exploratory factor analyses produced a reliable and multidimensional 20-item scale that measured upward dissent along four dimensions: prosocial, threatening resignation, circumvention, and repetition. Early evidence of measurement validity was generated as well, with dimensions relating as expected to upward influence, unfair treatment, and supervisor responsiveness.
AB - The purpose of this study was to create a quantitative measure that would be capable of capturing variation in upward dissent expression. Two hundred twenty-five working adults completed a survey questionnaire that included an initial set of items. Exploratory factor analyses produced a reliable and multidimensional 20-item scale that measured upward dissent along four dimensions: prosocial, threatening resignation, circumvention, and repetition. Early evidence of measurement validity was generated as well, with dimensions relating as expected to upward influence, unfair treatment, and supervisor responsiveness.
KW - Dissent Expression
KW - Organizational Dissent
KW - Upward Dissent
KW - Upward Influence
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U2 - 10.1080/08824096.2012.746225
DO - 10.1080/08824096.2012.746225
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84873124099
SN - 0882-4096
VL - 30
SP - 46
EP - 56
JO - Communication Research Reports
JF - Communication Research Reports
IS - 1
ER -