Handbook of Management Scales/Power
Power (CR = 0.75)
[edit | edit source]Description
[edit | edit source]Hofstede's five cultural factors are reconceptualized as ten personal cultural orientations: independence, interdependence, power, social inequality, masculinity, gender equality, risk aversion, ambiguity intolerance, tradition, and prudence. A new 40-item scale is developed to measure these personal cultural orientations. Much effort has been invested in ensuring validity, reliability, and cross-cultural measurement equivalence of the new scale.
Definition
[edit | edit source]Power represents the extent to which individuals accept differences in the power wielded by various members in any organization.
Items
[edit | edit source]- I easily conform to the wishes of someone in a higher position than mine. (0.72)
- It is difficult for me to refuse a request if someone senior asks me. (0.68)
- I tend to follow orders without asking any questions. (0.67)
- I find it hard to disagree with authority figures. (0.65)