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A Study on the Conceptual Model of Organizational Health, Development of the Organizational Health Questionnaire (OHQ), and Construct Validity Verification

Kim, Jeongeun1 · Yoo, Gyuchang1

1 Hanyang University

Published: January 2014 · Vol. 43 No. 6 · pp. 1875-1904
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The purpose of this study are to verify statistically about measurement tool of organizationalhealth. Recently organizational health been suggested as a practical organization ratings andhas also appeared in the academic research. Therefore, the development of trustable and validmeasurement tool is important in scientific researchIn empirical study, Organizational health questionnaire(OHQ) consists of a total 31 questions. Sub-components are environment fit, task performance fit, vitality, community-oriented. Environment fit is composed of 8 item, work ways fit 9 item, vitality 8 item, communityoriented6 item. The items are created through the existing literature and interviews. The constructvalidation of Organizational health questionnaire(OHQ) is verified through confirmatory factoranalysis and exploratory factor analysis, cross-validation, reliability test, convergence validity,discriminant validity, nomological validity. Convergent validity is satisfied, but discriminantvalidity is not fully satisfied. The correlation between organizational health and organizationalcynicism showed statistically significant -0.487. Theresults of this study, OHQ have been developed Meaningfully by the theoretical, practicaland methodological. The implications and future research directions are discussed.
Keywords: 조직건강측정도구환경적합성과업수행적합성활기공동체지향