Conception and validation of the Behavioral Intentions Scale of Organizational Citizenship (BISOC)

Gomes Menezes, A.C.P.; Menezes, I.G.; Lozado, J.A.; Bastos, A.V.B.

Abstract

This study aimed to construct and validate the Behavioral Intentions of Organizational Citizenship Scale (BISOC). Organizational citizenship consists of measures of voluntary behaviors, which are beneficial to organizations and are not explicit in employment contracts. To investigate the psychometric properties of BISOC, we selected 767 employees in different cities from the states of Bahia and Pernambuco (Brazil). The validation procedures adopted, which used techniques from both Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory, showed that the BISOC has a unidimensional structure. From the initial set of 42 items, 35 items met the validation criteria. By presenting suitable psychometric parameters, BISOC is the first measure of organizational citizenship behaviors developed and validated to assess behavioral intentions.

Citation

Gomes Menezes, A., Menezes, I., Lozado, J., & Bastos, A. (2016). Conception and validation of the Behavioral Intentions Scale of Organizational Citizenship (BISOC). Psicologia: reflexão e crítica, 29(35), https://doi.org/10.1186/s41155-016-0030-z

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 7, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Apr 20, 2016
• Publication Date: 2016
• Deposit Date: Jun 24, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 26, 2019
• Journal: Psicologia: Reflexao e Critica
• Print ISSN: 0102-7972
• Electronic ISSN: 1678-7153
• Publisher: SpringerOpen
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 35
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41155-016-0030-z
• Keywords: Organizational citizenship; Scale of behavioral intentions; Construct validity; Rasch model
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/2004580
• Publisher URL: https://prc.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41155-016-0030-z
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• Contract Date: Jun 24, 2019