1. Validation of the Work-Life Balance Culture Scale (WLBCS).
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Nitzsche, Anika, Jung, Julia, Kowalski, Christoph, and Pfaff, Holger
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CORPORATE culture ,CHI-squared test ,STATISTICAL correlation ,EXPERIMENTAL design ,FACTOR analysis ,RESEARCH methodology ,PSYCHOMETRICS ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH evaluation ,RESEARCH funding ,STATISTICAL sampling ,STATISTICS ,DATA analysis ,SOCIAL support ,MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques ,WORK-life balance ,CROSS-sectional method ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this paper is to describe the theoretical development and initial validation of the newly developed Work-Life Balance Culture Scale (WLBCS), an instrument for measuring an organizational culture that promotes the work-life balance of employees. METHODS: In Study 1 (N = 498), the scale was developed and its factorial validity tested through exploratory factor analyses. In Study 2 (N=513), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to examine model fit and retest the dimensional structure of the instrument. To assess construct validity, a priori hypotheses were formulated and subsequently tested using correlation analyses. RESULTS: Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed a one-factor model. Results of the bivariate correlation analyses may be interpreted as preliminary evidence of the scale’s construct validity. CONCLUSION: The five-item WLBCS is a new and efficient instrument with good overall quality. Its conciseness makes it particularly suitable for use in employee surveys to gain initial insight into a company’s perceived work-life balance culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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