Measuring organizational effectiveness in information and communication technology companies using item response theory.
The aim of this paper is to measure the effectiveness of the organizations Information and Communication Technology (ICT) from the point of view of the manager, using Item Response Theory (IRT). There is a need to verify the effectiveness of these organizations which are normally associated to complex, dynamic, and competitive environments. In academic literature, there is disagreement surrounding the concept of organizational effectiveness and its measurement. A construct was elaborated based on dimensions of effectiveness towards the construction of the items of the questionnaire which submitted to specialists for evaluation. It demonstrated itself to be viable in measuring organizational effectiveness of ICT companies under the point of view of a manager through using Two-Parameter Logistic Model (2PLM) of the IRT. This modeling permits us to evaluate the quality and property of each item placed within a single scale: items and respondents, which is not possible when using other similar tools.
Production Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. andreatri@gmail.com
Andréa Cristina
AC
Trierweiller
Blênio César Severo
BC
Peixe
Rafael
R
Tezza
Vera Lúcia Duarte do Valle
VL
Pereira
Waldemar
W
Pacheco
Antonio Cezar
AC
Bornia
Dalton Francisco
DF
de Andrade
D001938:Brazil; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006804:Ergonomics; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013672:Technology; D013685:Telecommunications