title: Development and validation of the Japanese version of organization-based self-esteem scale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to validate a Japanese version of the organization-based self-esteem (OBSE) scale, a positive self-concept that has been proven to play an important role in predicting employees' work attitudes and behaviors primarily in a Western organizational setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two independent field studies, Study One and Study Two, involving 1,562 Japanese employees from a variety of organizations were conducted by employing a web-based questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In Study One, initial evidence for the factorial validity of an eight-item, single factor scale, with high internal consistency (0.93 and 0.88 for Sample 1 and Sample 2, respectively) and test-retest reliability (r=0.84) was provided. In Study Two, the eight-factor structure was replicated and multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) demonstrated measurement invariance across two samples. In addition, a series of CFA demonstrated that the Japanese OBSE is a distinct construct from global self-esteem, job complexity and work engagement. Furthermore, the nomological validity evidence was demonstrated through structural equation modeling.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Japanese OBSE scale is presented as a psychometrically sound measure that can contribute to furthering substantive OBSE research.
authors.affiliation: Health Psychology and Welfare Research Institute, J. F. Oberlin University, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoriko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Jon L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007564:Japan; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*