Mission Climate Measurement: a new validated scale
Author
Marta Mas-Machuca – (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya)
Frederic Marimon – (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya)
Received September 27, 2018; accepted November 28, 2018.
Abstract
Despite the level of interest surrounding mission statements and their internalization in organizations, there is a lack of a valid construct to measure the sense of mission in organizational climate surveys. The aim of this exploratory study is to define and validate an instrument to assess the perception of the implementation of the mission in everyday routines. A sample of 132 employees from two companies completed the questionnaire to probe the scale’s reliability and validity. A principal components analyses (PCAs) were conducted, taking the three dimensions separately. Later, a confirmatory analysis of the entire scale, which was a factor analysis using structural equation modelling (SEM) techniques, taking into accounts the three aforementioned dimensions. The scale is composed of ten items arranged in three dimensions: sensemaking of the mission, employee mission engagement, and organizational alignment. These scales provide clues to human resources managers about how to define and implement the mission to ensure that it will be interiorized by all members of the company. This new scale provides scholars with a comprehensive way to measure and assess the presence of the mission in the organizational climate and provides human resources managers with a useful kit to apply within their organizations.
A pesar del nivel de interés en torno a las declaraciones de misión y su internalización en las organizaciones, existe una falta de construcción válida para medir el sentido de la misión en las encuestas del clima organizacional. El objetivo de este estudio exploratorio es definir y validar un instrumento para evaluar la percepción de la implementación de la misión en las rutinas diarias. Una muestra de 132 empleados de dos compañías completaron el cuestionario para probar la confiabilidad y validez de la báscula. Se realizaron análisis de componentes principales (PCA), tomando las tres dimensiones por separado. Más tarde, un análisis confirmatorio de toda la escala, que fue un análisis factorial utilizando técnicas de modelado de ecuaciones estructurales (SEM), teniendo en cuenta las tres dimensiones antes mencionadas. La escala se compone de diez elementos dispuestos en tres dimensiones: sentido de la misión, compromiso de la misión del empleado y alineamiento organizacional. Estas escalas proporcionan pistas a los gerentes de recursos humanos sobre cómo definir e implementar la misión para garantizar que todos los miembros de la empresa la interioricen. Esta nueva escala proporciona a los académicos una forma integral de medir y evaluar la presencia de la misión en el clima organizacional y proporciona a los gerentes de recursos humanos un kit útil para aplicar dentro de sus organizaciones.
Citation
Mas-Machuca, M., & Marimon, F. (2018). Mission climate measurement: a new validated scale. European Accounting and Management Review, 5(1), 1-20.
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Keywords
- Climate
- Mission statement
- Sensemaking of the mission
- Employee mission engagement
- Organizational alignment
Palabras clave
- Clima
- Estado de la misión
- Creación de sentido de la misión
- Compromiso del trabajador con la misión
- Alineamiento organizacional
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