Toward A Taxonomy of Multidimensional Constructs

Law, Kenneth S.; Wong, Chi‐Sum; Mobley, William M.

doi:10.5465/amr.1998.1255636

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“…In sum, since the four dimensions explicated in this section are common to the conceptualizations of workplace spirituality since 1994, they are best taken as multiple indicators of workplace spirituality as a multidimensional construct (Law et al, 1998). Whether its dimensions are effect indicators or causal indicators of workplace spirituality (i.e., whether the structural path arrows point toward or away from the Nurturing the Whole Person dimensions in relation to workplace spirituality, respectively) is a conclusion that can be reached and supported only through future empirical research (Edwards, 2001;Law and Wong, 1999).…”

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Nurturing the Whole Person: The Ethics of Workplace Spirituality in a Society of Organizations

2006

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In a world which can be increasingly described as a â€œsociety of organizations,â€\x9D it is incumbent upon organizational researchers to account for the role of organizations in determining the well-being of societies and the individuals that comprise them. Workplace spirituality is a young area of inquiry with potentially strong relevance to the well-being of individuals, organizations, and societies. Previous literature has not examined ethical dilemmas related to workplace spirituality that organizations might expect based upon the co-existence of multiple ethical work climates, nor has previous literature accounted for the relevance of the cosmopolitan (external, societal) source of moral reasoning in the ethical treatment of workplace spirituality. The purpose of this paper is to address these gaps by articulating two such ethical dilemmas related to workplace spirituality: the â€œquiet desperationâ€\x9D dilemma and the instrumentality dilemma. Moreover, I propose two theoretical contexts that foster â€œboth-andâ€\x9D rather than â€œeither-orâ€\x9D thinking, thereby mitigating (moderating) the relationships between climate combinations and conflictual aspects of the ethical dilemmas. For the â€œquiet desperationâ€\x9D dilemma, I propose a person–organization fit perspective to emphasize diversity of individual preferences instead of a managerially prescribed uniformity of spirituality. For the instrumentality dilemma, I propose a multiparadigm approach to workplace spirituality research to avoid the privileging of one research interest over another (e.g., instrumentality, individual fulfillment, societal good). I conclude with suggestions for future research. Copyright Springer 2006workplace spirituality, social systems, ethical work climate, ethical dilemma, person–organization fit, multiparadigm research,

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“…We select the love of money scale (LOM) for this study because LOM (a subset of the money ethic scale, MES) is considered one of the most welldeveloped and systematically used measures of money attitude in the literature (e.g., Lea and Webley, 2006;Mitchell and Mickel, 1999). The love of money (LOM) is defined as (1) one's attitudes toward money with affective, behavioral, and cognitive components; (2) the meaning one attributes to money, (3) one's desire for, value of, expectation about, or aspiration for money; (4) not one's need, greed, or materialism; (5) a multi-dimensional individual difference variable; and (6) a second-order latent construct with several first-order latent sub-constructs (Law et al, 1998). Researchers have investigated measurement invariance of the love of money scale across cultures (Luna-Arocas and Tang, 2004;Tang et al, 2005Tang et al, , 2006Tang et al, , 2007; college majors, and genders (Du and Tang, 2005).…”

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Intelligence Vs. Wisdom: The Love of Money, Machiavellianism, and Unethical Behavior across College Major and Gender

2007

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“…Moreover, this research shows that multi-dimensional constructs increases the overall construct understanding (Law et al 1998), and thereby provides details about its various facets (Petter et al 2007). Thus, tourism managers can use, with guarantee, the validated instrument to analyse the situation of each website quality dimension in order to identify those aspects that may need improvement.…”

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Reviewing the Online Tourism Value Chain

Berné‐Manero

Gómez-Campillo

Marzo‐Navarro

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Abstract:The booking purchase process in B2C tourism online from the perspective of the quality-satisfaction-loyalty value chain has scarcely been investigated. The measurement models of the variables are not unified and essential variables, as transaction costs, need more research in order to achieve a comprehensive model of the digital tourist purchase process. This research is aimed at solving this gap through the proposal of a theoretical structural model, which is tested for the Spanish context. The results show that the measurement of website-perceived quality must include utilitarian and hedonic aspects, which can provide a competitive advantage to acquire and retain customers. Perceived quality and transaction costs determine customer's satisfaction and, ultimately, repurchase intentions or brand loyalty. Prices are found as mediator variables fostering the effect of quality on satisfaction, and non-monetary costs act as a cause of satisfaction. The online B2C tourism business must implement efficient internal and external processes to justify perceived costs.

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Toward A Taxonomy of Multidimensional Constructs

Cited by 718 publications

References 34 publications

Nurturing the Whole Person: The Ethics of Workplace Spirituality in a Society of Organizations

Nurturing the Whole Person: The Ethics of Workplace Spirituality in a Society of Organizations

Intelligence Vs. Wisdom: The Love of Money, Machiavellianism, and Unethical Behavior across College Major and Gender

Reviewing the Online Tourism Value Chain

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