Dimensionality and Construct Validity of the Perceptions of Organizational Politics Scale (POPS)

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• Creators:
  Witt, L.A. ; Nye, Lendell G.
• Corporate Creators:
  Civil Aeromedical Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Behavior
  • Job satisfaction
  • Attitudes
  • Government employees
  • Personnel
  • Politics
  • Factor analysis
  • Validity
  • Surveys
  • Office politics
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AM-92/10
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Abstract:
  This study examined the dimensionality and construct validity of Kacmar and Ferris (1991) Perceptions of Organizational Politics Scale (POPS), which is comprised of 3 subscales: "General Political Behavior," "Going Along to Get Ahead," and "Pay and Promotion." Results of analyses conducted on data collected from 1,297 civilian government employees were inconsistent with a multidimensional factor structure of the POPS. Principal components and confirmatory factor analyses failed to confirm the Kacmar and Ferris 3-factor solution. Rather, the results indicated that the POPS was unidimensional. POPS scores were strongly and inversely related to scores on the Eisenberger, Huntington, Hutchison, and Sowa (1986) Survey of Perceived Organizational Support (SPOS). POPS and SPOS scores were not differentially correlated with other job attitude measures.
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  PDF
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  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21366/dot_21366_DS1.pdf
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• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute ; US Transportation Collection
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