title: A practical scale for Multi-Faceted Organizational Health Climate Assessment.
abstract: The current study sought to develop a practical scale to measure 3 facets of workplace health climate from the employee perspective as an important component of a healthy organization. The goal was to create a short, usable yet comprehensive scale that organizations and occupational health professionals could use to determine if workplace health interventions were needed. The proposed Multi-faceted Organizational Health Climate Assessment (MOHCA) scale assesses facets that correspond to 3 organizational levels: (a) workgroup, (b) supervisor, and (c) organization. Ten items were developed and tested on 2 distinct samples, 1 cross-organization and 1 within-organization. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses yielded a 9-item, hierarchical 3-factor structure. Tests confirmed MOHCA has convergent validity with related constructs, such as perceived organizational support and supervisor support, as well as discriminant validity with safety climate. Lastly, criterion-related validity was found between MOHCA and health-related outcomes. The multi-faceted nature of MOHCA provides a scale that has face validity and can be easily translated into practice, offering a means for diagnosing the shortcomings of an organization or workgroup's health climate to better plan health and well-being interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut.
authors.forename: Zandra M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Zweber
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Henning
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut.
authors.forename: Vicki J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Magley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data