Cognitive adjustment as an indicator of psychological health at work: Development and validation of a measure |
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Authors: | Marie Malo Isabelle Tremblay Luc Brunet |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada;2. Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada |
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Abstract: | Based on organizational socialization literature (e.g., Bauer, Bodner, Erdogan, Truxillo, & Tucker, 2007; Kammeyer-Mueller & Wanberg, 2003; Saks, Uggerslev, & Fassina, 2007) and Conservation of Resources theory (COR theory; Hobfoll, 1989, 2001), this article aims to develop a conceptualization and a measurement of cognitive adjustment at work (CAW), as an indicator of psychological health in the workplace. Two studies, including three independent samples (NA = 296, NB = 350, NC = 139), were conducted to test an operational proposal of CAW. In Study 1, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, as well as reliability and temporal invariance analyses, were performed to test the structure of both the construct and the instrument. In Study 2, nomological network analysis was conducted. Results suggest strong empirical support for the structure and validity of CAW, defined as a second-order factor, which includes task adjustment, work group adjustment and organizational adjustment. |
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Keywords: | Cognitive adjustment at work Psychological health at work Conservation of resources theory Validity |
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