Ethical Work Climate Short
Ethics & CSRReliability: alpha 0.853 sample items
About this scale
A 14-item short form of Victor & Cullen's ECQ retaining the strongest indicators across the five empirical climate types: caring, law-and-code, rules, instrumental, independence.
Sample item(s)
“In this company, what is best for everyone is the major consideration (caring)”
“People are expected to comply with the law and professional standards (law-and-code)”
“People around here protect their own interests above all (instrumental)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.85. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Short form of ECQ.
Source & citation
Cullen, J. B., Victor, B., & Bronson, J. W. (1993): The Ethical Climate Questionnaire: An assessment of its development and validity. Psychological Reports, Vol. 73, No. 2, pp. 667–674.
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