Inclusive Climate for LGBT Employees
HR & WorkReliability: alpha 0.923 sample items
About this scale
A multi-item measure of perceived organizational climate for LGBT employees — leadership support, inclusive policies, coworker behaviour, and felt safety to be out.
Sample item(s)
“Senior management actively supports LGBT employees”
“I feel safe being open about my sexual orientation at work”
“My organization has inclusive non-discrimination policies”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.92. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Useful for inclusion research.
Source & citation
Ragins, B. R., Cornwell, J. M., & Miller, J. S. (2003): Heterosexism in the workplace: Do race and gender matter? Group & Organization Management, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 45–74.
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