Team Commitment (Bishop & Scott)
HR & WorkReliability: alpha 0.933 sample items
About this scale
A 9-item measure of affective commitment to the team or workgroup, distinct from organizational commitment. Used in multilevel commitment research.
Sample item(s)
“I feel a strong sense of belonging to my team.”
“I really feel like part of the family in my team.”
“My team has a great deal of personal meaning for me.”
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
Pair with organizational and supervisor commitment for full target-of-commitment modelling.
Source & citation
Bishop, J. W., & Scott, K. D. (2000): An examination of organizational and team commitment in a self-directed team environment. Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 85, No. 3, pp. 439–450.
Bishop & Scott (2000): Team commitment. JAP, 85(3), 439–450.
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