Reliability of Organizational Measures

摘要 组织理论的发展一直受到 缺乏系统的属性研究， 不同类型的组织。除了不确定性， 如何设计具有代表性的组织样本，一般来说， 存在测量不确定性。具体来说， 不同组织属性测量的可靠性 组织样本？ 这项调查需要对300家公司进行抽样调查， 三种类型：营利性企业、非营利组织和政府 社.在每一个，五个高层官员将被要求 关于他们组织的各种问题：规模， 专业化，价值观，等等。可靠性系数将 然后进行计算，以评估五个之间的一致性 每个被调查组织内的受访者。此外，本发明还提供了一种方法， 将分析响应之间的协变，以指示 最能代表一个组织说话的是一个公务员。

Abstract The development of theories about organizations has been impeded by the absence of systematic studies of attributes across heterogeneous types of organizations. Apart from uncertainties in how to devise representative samples of organizations, in general, there are measurement uncertainties. Specifically, what is the reliability of measures of organizational attributes across diverse samples of organizations? This investigation entails a survey in a sample of 300 firms of three types: for-profit businesses, non-profit, and government agencies. Within each, five upper level functionaries will be asked a variety of questions about their organization's: size, specialization, values, and so on. Reliability coefficients will then be computed to assess the consistency among the five respondents within each surveyed organization. In addition, covariations among responses will be analyzed to indicate what type of functionary is best able to speak for an organization.