A short measure of general policy alienation: Scale development using a 10-step procedure

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: van Engen, Nadine A. M.
• 署名单位: Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3298
• DOI: 10.1111/padm.12318
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: 512-526
• 关键词: public-service motivation; management; EQUIVALENCE; job; implementation; instrument; COMMITMENT

摘要

Public administration research is becoming increasingly quantitative. As seen in psychological and managerial research, the result is a growing demand for valid and reliable measures. Given the tradition of contextually embedded research in public administration - where research should cover multiple factors to find useful answers to real-life problems - survey research should ideally incorporate many measures. This is driving a need for short measures that do not compromise on validity and reliability. In this study, a short measure of general policy alienation is developed and tested, observing stringent criteria. The analyses on three independent datasets (N = 1,183, N = 354, and N = 933) show that the original multidimensional 26-item measure can be abbreviated to a short five-item measure with limited compromises on validity and reliability. Practical applications and methodological implications regarding both the developed measure and the 10-step procedure used are discussed.