AJM - Abstracts

Volume 30 Number 1 June 2005

The Organizational Culture Profile Revisited and Revised: An Australian Perspective

James C. Sarros, Judy Gray, Iain L. Densten and Brian Cooper

Abstract

This paper examines the development and validation of an updated version of the Organizational Culture Profile (OCP) (O'Reilly, Chatman and Caldwell, 1991). The current study aimed to overcome the limitations associated with the Q-sort methodology used in earlier versions by developing an instrument based on a Likert scale and using a large, Australia-wide sample of executives (N=1918). Confirmatory factor analysis using AMOS (Arbuckle and Wothke, 1999) was used to test the theoretically-derived factor structure. The psychometric properties of the seven-factor instrument were examined and provided evidence of the reliability and validity of the OCP. Using confirmatory factor analyses, competing models were specified and assessed according to a range of fit indices. A higher order model produced the most parsimonious solution and indicated that innovation appeared to play a pivotal role in terms of executive perceptions of organizational culture. The further development of a rigorous instrument to evaluate perceptions of culture should encourage researchers and practitioners to use the instrument for empirical and diagnostic purposes.

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Keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; AUSTRALIAN MANAGERS; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; NEW MEASUREMENT PROPERTIES; HIGHER ORDER FACTORS.

Contact Details

James C. Sarros
Monash University,
PO Box 197, Caulfield East VIC 3145.
E-mail: James.sarros@buseco.monash.edu.au

Judy Gray
Monash University,
PO Box 197, Caulfield East VIC 3145.

Iain L. Densten
University Of New South Wales,
UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052.

Brian Cooper
Monash University,
PO Box 197, Caulfield East VIC 3145.

This research has been supported by an Australian Institute of Management Research Grant, a Monash University Faculty of Business and Economics Research Grant, and a University of New South Wales Research Grant.