Exploring the Dimensions of Organizational Performance: A Construct Validity Study

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-87

  Hamann, P Maik ^a   Schiemann, Frank ^a,b   Bellora, Lucia ^a   Guenther, Thomas W ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

factor analysis; measurement models; organizational performance; quantitative research; reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873620893     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428112470007     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Akaike H.A new look at the statistical model identification.IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 1974;19 (6): 716-723.
2. Anderson J. C.,Gerbing D. W.Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.Psychological Bulletin. 1988;103 (3): 411-423.
3. Bagozzi R. P.,Baumgartner H.Principles of marketing research. Bagozzi R. P., ed. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell; 1994:386-422.
4. Bagozzi R. P.,Yi Y.On the evaluation of structural equation models.Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. 1988;16 (1): 74-94.
5. Bagozzi R. P.,Yi Y.,Phillips L. W.Assessing construct validity in organizational research.Administrative Science Quarterly. 1991;36 (3): 421-458.
6. Baker G. P.,Kennedy R. E.Survivorship and the economic grim reaper.Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization. 2002;18 (2): 324-361.
7. Bentler P. M.Comparative fit indexes in structural models.Psychological Bulletin. 1990;107 (2): 238-246.
8. Bercovitz J.,Mitchell W.When is more better? The impact of business scale and scope on long-term business survival, while controlling for profitability.Strategic Management Journal. 2007;28 (1): 61-79.
9. Bisbe J.,Batista-Foguet J.-M.,Chenhall R.Defining management accounting constructs: A methodological note on the risks of conceptual misspecification.Accounting, Organizations and Society. 2007;32 (7-8): 789-820.
10. Boyd B. K.,Gove S.,Hitt M. A.Construct measurement in strategic management research: Illusion or reality.Strategic Management Journal. 2005;26 (3): 239-257.
11. Burt R. S.Interpretational confounding of unobserved variables in structural equation models.Sociological Methods & Research. 1976;5 (1): 3-52.
12. Capon N.,Farley J. U.,Hoenig S.Determinants of financial performance: A meta-analysis.Management Science. 1990;36 (10): 1143-1159.
13. Carlson K. D.,Herdman A. O.Understanding the impact of convergent validity on research results.Organizational Research Methods. 2010;15 (2): 17-32.
14. Combs J. G.,Crook T. R.,Shook C. L.Research methodology in strategy and management. Ketchen D. J., ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 2005:259-286.
15. Dechow P. M.Accounting earnings and cash flows as measures of firm performance: The role of accounting accruals.Journal of Accounting and Economics. 1994;18 (1): 3-42.
16. Dess G. G.,Robinson R. B.Measuring organizational performance in the absence of objective measures: The case of the privately-held firm and conglomerate business unit.Strategic Management Journal. 1984;5 (3): 265-273.
17. Devinney T. M.,Yip G. S.,Johnson G.Using frontier analysis to evaluate company performance.British Journal of Management. 2010;21 (4): 921-938.
18. Edwards J. R.Organizational behavior: The state of the science. 2003). Construct validation in organizational behavior research. In GreenbergJ. (Ed.), Organizational behavior: The state of the science (2nd ed., pp. 327-371). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.Greenberg J., ed. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum; 2003:327-371.
19. Edwards J. R.,Bagozzi R. P.On the nature and direction of relationships between constructs and measures.Psychological Methods. 2000;5 (2): 155-174.
20. Fabrigar L. R.,Wegener D. T.,MacCallum R. C.,Strahan E. J.Evaluating the use of exploratory factor analysis in psychological research.Psychological Methods. 1999;4 (3): 272-299.
21. Fornell C.,Larcker D. F.Evaluating structural equation models with unobserveable variables and measurement error.Journal of Marketing Research. 1981;18 (1): 39-50.
22. Fryxell G. E.,Barton S. L.Temporal and contextual change in the measurement structure of financial performance: Implications for strategy research.Journal of Management. 1990;16 (3): 553-569.
23. Godfrey P. C.,Hill C. W. L.The problem of unobservables in strategic management research.Strategic Management Journal. 1995;16 (7): 519-533.
24. Hu L.-t.,Bentler P. M.Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives.Structural Equation Modeling. 1999;6 (1): 1-55.
25. Kline R. B.Principles and practice of structural equation modeling. 2011). Principles and practice of structural equation modeling (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Publications.New York, NY: Guilford Publications; 2011:.
26. Lee J.Does size matter in firm performance? Evidence from US public firms.International Journal of the Economics of Business. 2009;16 (2): 189-203.
27. Lubatkin M.,Shrieves R. E.Towards reconciliation of market performance measures to strategic management research.Academy of Management Review. 1986;11 (3): 497-512.
28. MacCallum R. C.,Browne M. W.,Sugawara H. M.Power analysis and determination of sample size for covariance structure modeling.Psychological Methods. 1996;1 (2): 130-149.
29. March J. G.,Sutton R. I.Organizational performance as a dependent variable.Organization Science. 1997;8 (6): 698-706.
30. Marsh H. W.,Hau K.-T.,Wen Z.In search of golden rules: Comment on hypothesis-testing approaches to setting cutoff values for fit indexes and dangers in overgeneralizing Hu and Bentler's (1999) findings.Structural Equation Modeling. 2004;11 (3): 320-341.
31. Murphy G. B.,Trailer J. W.,Hill R., C.Measuring performance in entrepreneurship research.Journal of Business Research. 1996;36 (1): 15-23.
32. O'Leary-Kelly S. W.,Vokurka R. J.The empirical assessment of construct validity.Journal of Operations Management. 1998;16 (4): 387-405.
33. Peter J. P.Reliability: A review of psychometric basics and recent marketing practices.Journal of Marketing Research. 1979;16 (1): 6-17.
34. Rappaport A.Corporate performance standards and shareholder value.Journal of Business Strategy. 1993;3 (4): 28-38.
35. Richard P. J.,Devinney T. M.,Yip G. S.,Johnson G.Measuring organizational performance: Towards methodological best practice.Journal of Management. 2009;35 (3): 718-804.
36. Rowe W. G.,Morrow J. L.A note on the dimensionality of the firm financial performance construct using accounting, market, and subjective measures.Canadian Journal of Administration Science. 1999;16 (1): 58-70.
37. Schwab D. P.Research methods for organizational studies. 2005). Research methods for organizational studies (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum; 2005:.
38. Starbuck W. H.Methodological challenges posed by measures of performance.Journal of Management and Governance. 2004;8 (4): 337-343.
39. Strasser S.,Eveland J. D.,Cummins G.,Deniston O. L.,Romani J. H.Conceptualizing the goal and system models of organizational effectiveness-implications for comparative evaluation research.Journal of Management Studies. 1981;18 (3): 321-340.
40. Suddaby R.Editors comments: Construct clarity in theories of management and organization.Academy of Management Review. 2010;35 (3): 346-357.
41. Tosi H. L.,Werner S.,Katz J. P.,Gomez-Mejia L. R.How much does performance matter? A meta-analysis of CEO pay studies.Journal of Management. 2000;26 (2): 301-339.
42. Venkatraman N.Advancing strategic management insights.Organizational Research Methods. 2008;11 (4): 790-794.
43. Venkatraman N.,Grant J. H.Construct measurement in organizational strategy research: A critique and proposal.Academy of Management Review. 1986;11:71-87.
44. Venkatraman N.,Ramanujam V.Measurement of business performance in strategy research: A comparison of approaches.Academy of Management Review. 1986;11:801-814.
45. Venkatraman N.,Ramanujam V.Measurement of business economic performance: An examination of method convergence.Journal of Management. 1987;13 (1): 109-122.
46. Weinzimmer L. G.,Nystrom P. C.,Freeman S. J.Measuring organizational growth: Issues, consequences, and guidelines.Journal of Management. 1998;24 (2): 235-262.
47. Weygandt J. J.,Kimmel P. D.,Kieso D. E.Accounting principles. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley; 2010:.