Preliminary Construction of the Perception of Organizational Rumor Scale (PORS) in a Sample of Workers in Puerto Rico
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The objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Perception of Organizational Rumor Scale (PORS) in a sample of workers in Puerto Rico. The researcher developed the scale using Lawshe’s Method with twelve subject matter experts. The sample consisted of 150 working adults, and 65% were females, and 59% worked in the private sector. The scale is a 7-point Likert scale ranging from 1= “hardly ever” to 7 = “almost always” and contained eight items that complied with the discrimination criteria and has a two-factor solution which explains the variance scorings, as well as possess a Cronbach’s alpha of (.87). The results suggest that the scale has the potential to measure the construct.
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