Psychometric Evaluation of the Navy-Wide Personnel Survey: Development and Validation of Short Forms

Abstract

The Navy-wide Personnel Survey (NPS) is a comprehensive survey of Navy work life issues. Administered since the early 1990s, the NPS addresses topics such as job satisfaction, morale, organizational commitment, leadership, advancement/promotion, career progression, and detailing. This report explored the potential for the development of short forms of the 19 scales of the NPS. The primary goal was to develop 1-item measures for each of the scales, if possible. One-item scales were successfully developed for 14 of the scales and the remaining scales were reduced to less than 5 items, while maintaining appropriate psychometric characteristics. In addition, a short-form of the Navy Climate Index (NCI) was developed, reducing the scale from 48 items to 13 items. Future studies should explore the development of appropriate cut-points or benchmarks for the NCI short form in relation to important outcomes, such as retention intention.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA477260

Entities

People

  • Carla M. Bann
  • Kimberly P. Whittam
  • Kortnee Barnett-walker

Organizations

  • Navy Personnel Research, Studies, and Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Descriptive Analytics
  • Education
  • Families (Human)
  • Instructors
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Military Research
  • Naval Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Spare Parts
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Students
  • Surveys
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Organizational Psychology.