Performance Feedback Environment Scale (FES)
HR & WorkReliability: alphas 0.78–0.92 across 7 facets3 sample items
About this scale
A 60-item measure of the perceived feedback environment across seven facets: source credibility, feedback quality, feedback delivery, favorable feedback, unfavorable feedback, source availability, and promotion of feedback seeking.
Sample item(s)
“My supervisor is generally familiar with my performance (credibility)”
“The performance feedback I receive from my supervisor is helpful (quality)”
“My supervisor is sensitive to my feelings when delivering feedback (delivery)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alphas 0.78–0.92 across 7 facets. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Foundational feedback-environment measure.
Source & citation
Steelman, L. A., Levy, P. E., & Snell, A. F. (2004): The Feedback Environment Scale: Construct definition, measurement, and validation. Educational and Psychological Measurement, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 165–184.
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