Investigating the Multidimensionality of the Work-Related Flow Inventory (WOLF): A Bifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling Framework

Gu, Honglei; Wen, Zefeng; Fan, Xitao

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00740

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“…The validation process could also be extended, notably by conducting a test-retest measure to verify the consistency of workers' perceptions of VOP over time (Cohen and Swerdlik, 2017) and a test of the social desirability of the scale (King and Bruner, 2000). Thirdly, it would be interesting to test the structure of the VOPi in other samples using bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling, a statistical approach increasingly used by the scientific community (Fadda et al, 2020;Gu et al, 2020) as it enables the variance explained by a global factor (e.g., VOP) to be examined simultaneously with the variance explained by specific factors (e.g., eight sub-dimensions), which is not possible with a hierarchical model (Morin et al, 2016). Adopting such a method based on data collection would support our innovative conceptualization and operationalization of VOP.…”

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“…Finally, while the predictive validity of the VOPi on job satisfaction and organizational commitment was demonstrated, it would be interesting to test it on other indicators of wellbeing. Indeed, because VOP promote the psychological health of workers, their relations with flow at work (Gu et al, 2020), flourishing (Diener et al, 2010), or optimal psychological functioning (Jaotombo, 2019) could further confirm their virtuous nature.…”

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Virtuous Organizational Practices: A New Construct and a New Inventory

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Research on the identification of organizational practices that promote individual and organizational performance is now very extensive. However, several studies have revealed the dark side of these practices on employees’ psychological health. Consequently, researchers have called on the scientific community to focus on the well-being of workers and to identify the organizational practices that promote it. Thus, the aim of the present research was to fill this gap by introducing a new conceptualization of organizational practices supporting the psychological health of employees and proposing a new improved measure to assess them. Drawing on the American Psychological Association’s model of Psychologically healthy workplace, we first conceptualized the innovative multidimensional construct of virtuous organizational practices. We then conducted four studies (N = 1,407) to develop and validate the Virtuous Organizational Practices inventory. Results of exploratory statistical analyses provide strong evidence of the second-order factor structure of the inventory in different French samples and of the convergent, predictive and incremental validity of this tool. Implications for researchers, organizations and practitioners and avenues for future research are discussed.

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Virtuous Organizational Practices: A New Construct and a New Inventory

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“…This study applied the integrative psychometric framework developed by Morin et al (2016a) in order to investigate sources of construct-relevant multidimensionality of early numeracy and to test the superiority of the bifactor-ESEM of early numeracy. As stated by Gu et al (2020), by overcoming the shortcomings of both the CFA and the ESEM models, the bifactor-ESEM is theoretically the most comprehensive and flexible model, able to describe more accurately the complex psychological characteristics. In a first step, ICM-CFA and ESEM models with one, two or three sub-dimensions were compared.…”

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“…Unlike CFA, this new modeling takes the relations of non-target constructs and items into account, and unlike ESEM, it allows the coexistence of both a latent general construct and specific subdomains. By overcoming the CFA and ESEM shortcomings, the bifactor-ESEM might be the most comprehensive and flexible model, able to describe the complex psychological characteristics with most accuracy (Gu et al, 2020 ).…”

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“…Since this pioneering work, the bifactor-ESEM proved to be very interesting in the way it accounts for the dimensionality of several psychological constructs (Fadda et al, 2017 ; Sánchez-Oliva et al, 2017 ; Gu et al, 2020 ). However, neither ESEM nor bifactor-ESEM has already been used to study the dimensionality of early number skills.…”

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Investigating the Dimensionality of Early Numeracy Using the Bifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling Framework

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The few studies that have analyzed the factorial structure of early number skills have mainly used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and have yielded inconsistent results, since early numeracy is considered to be unidimensional, multidimensional or even underpinned by a general factor. Recently, the bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling (bifactor-ESEM)—which has been proposed as a way to overcome the shortcomings of both the CFA and the exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM)—proved to be valuable to account for the multidimensionality and the hierarchical nature of several psychological constructs. The present study is the first to investigate the dimensionality of early number skills measurement through the application of the bifactor-ESEM framework. Using data from 644 prekindergarten and kindergarten children (4 to 6 years old), several competing models were contrasted: the one-factor CFA model; the independent cluster model (ICM-CFA); the exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM); and their bifactor counterpart (bifactor-CFA and bifactor-ESEM, respectively). Results indicated acceptable fit indexes for the one-factor CFA and the ICM-CFA models and excellent fit for the others. Among these, the bifactor-ESEM with one general factor and three specific factors (Counting, Relations, Arithmetic) not only showed the best model fit, but also the best coherent factor loadings structure and full measurement invariance across gender. The bifactor-ESEM appears relevant to help disentangle and account for general and specific factors of early numerical ability. While early numerical ability appears to be mainly underpinned by a general factor whose exact nature still has to be determined, this study highlights that specific latent dimensions with substantive value also exist. Identifying these specific facets is important in order to increase quality of early numerical ability measurement, predictive validity, and for practical implications.

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Authentic leadership and employee resilience during the COVID-19: The role of flow, organizational identification, and trust

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The present work investigated fundamental mediating mechanisms (i.e., flow experience, organizational identification, and trust), underlining the impact of authentic leadership on employee resilience during the turbulent COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 901 frontline employees working in a construction engineering company in China participated in this study. They were asked to respond to a battery of questionnaires comprising Trust Scale (affective-based, cognitive-based, and competence-based), Flow Proneness Questionnaire (FPQ), Organizational Identification Scale, Authentic Leadership Questionnaire, and Employee Resilience Scale. Results of structural equation modeling indicated that: (1) Authentic leadership positively predicted employee resilience in the COVID-19 pandemic, directly and indirectly. (2) As for the indirect relationship, two parallel mediation effects and one chain mediation were detected: employees’ flow at work and organizational identification respectively and dependently mediated the relationship between authentic leadership and employee resilience; trust and organizational identification played as a chain mediation role within authentic leadership-employee resilience association. The study provides empirical evidence for organizations’ resilience-building and leadership training programs. Findings also contribute to the literature by facilitating flow intervention, promoting organizational identification and trust to enhance the effect of authentic leadership in promoting positive psychological functioning of employee resilience. Limitations with respect to future research directions were also outlined.

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Investigating the Multidimensionality of the Work-Related Flow Inventory (WOLF): A Bifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling Framework

Cited by 16 publications

References 48 publications

Virtuous Organizational Practices: A New Construct and a New Inventory

Virtuous Organizational Practices: A New Construct and a New Inventory

Investigating the Dimensionality of Early Numeracy Using the Bifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling Framework

Authentic leadership and employee resilience during the COVID-19: The role of flow, organizational identification, and trust

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