Organizational Self-Esteem: Construct and Scale Introduction

Abstract

The construct organizational self-esteem and its operationalization are introduced. A partial nomological network is developed resulting in a set of hypotheses that served to guide efforts to validate the research scale. Scale dimensionality, stability of dimensions, internal consistency, convergent validity, and concurrent and predictive validity estimates were inspected through the conduct of two field studies and a laboratory experiment. Results provide initial validation evidence for the scale. Recommendations for future validation research are suggested.