Caring Climate (Newman, Round, Bhattacharya & Roy)
HR & WorkReliability: alpha 0.933 sample items
About this scale
A multi-item measure of organizational caring climate — the shared perception that the organization values and shows care for employee well-being. Highly used in nursing and care-work research.
Sample item(s)
“My organization treats employees with respect and dignity”
“My organization makes a real effort to look after the well-being of its employees”
“Senior management cares about employees as individuals”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.93. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Use alongside ethical climate (Victor & Cullen) for full caring/ethics climate modelling.
Source & citation
Newman, A., Round, H., Bhattacharya, S., & Roy, A. (2017): Ethical climates in organizations: A review and research agenda. Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 475–512.
Newman, Round, Bhattacharya & Roy (2017): Ethical climates review. BEQ, 27(4), 475–512.
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