title: The measurement artifact in the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire.
abstract: This study empirically examined the debate in the literature regarding the dimensionality of the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire. The sample comprised 803 employees from organizations in the information technology and hospitality industries. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire appears to have a two-factor structure, with one factor consisting of positively worded items and the other factor, negatively worded items. Scores on both factors correlated significantly with job satisfaction, suggesting that both factors appear to be measuring a similar aspect of organizational commitment and that they present as two factors given as measurement artifacts of the item wording.
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre in Strategic Management, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 4001.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Caught
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Shadur
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rodwell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015982:Bias; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires