Validating the Trust in Teams and Trust in Leaders Scales

Abstract

This study explores the psychometric properties of two scales: the Team Trust Scale and the Leader Trust Scale. An earlier validation effort (Adams, Bruyn and Chung-Yan, 2004) showed that although Benevolence, Integrity and Predictability formed discrete factors in exploratory factor analyses, the Competence items required revision. The goal of this work, then, is to explore the properties of the revised scales, to compare them to more established measures of trust in teams and in team leaders, and to attempt to validate their structure using confirmatory factor analyses. Lastly, it will also be important to explore the predictive validity of the scale measuring trust in teams. Two hundred and twenty (220) regular force Army participants from a Canadian Forces base completed the Team Trust Scale and the Leader Trust Scale (Adams and Sartori, 2005), as well as several other related measures. Results showed that the scales were related in predictable ways to other scales tapping similar constructs, showing good evidence of convergent validity. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that the hypothesized structure underlying the scales provided a better fit to the data than a competing model. And, there was also very good evidence of the predictive validity of the Team Trust Scale, as it showed itself to be able to predict perceptions of teamwork, team morale, cohesion, and even combat readiness. These findings provide very good support for the scales, and suggest that they generally performed very well. However, concerns about the high internal consistency of the scale will need to be explored as work progresses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA630700

Entities

People

  • Barbara D. Adams
  • Jessica A. Sartori

Organizations

  • HumanSystems Incorporated

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Applied Psychology
  • Army Personnel
  • Behavioral Research
  • Combat Readiness
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Psychology
  • Regression Analysis
  • Social Psychology
  • Statistics
  • Students
  • Surveys
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.