Examination of the Reliability and Validity of the Triage Assessment Survey: Organizations

This study evaluated the reliability and validity of the Triage Assessment Survey: Organizations (TAS:O), a 27-item, 5-point, Likert summated rating scale. The participants consisted of 117 graduate students. All participants responded to the TAS:O after reading mild, moderate, marked and severe organizational crisis scenarios. Statistical analyses were performed on the data to determine the instrument's reliability and validity. The overall Cronbach's alpha and Spearman-Brown reliability tests were both .93. An item total correlation revealed that all but one item had statistically significant correlations. Factor analysis revealed three factors, confirming the hypothesis that the TAS:O is comprised of three distinct factors (Affect, Behavior, and Cognition). However, with .50 used as a cutoff level for factor loadings, 6 of the 27 items did not load onto any factor. An ANOVA revealed that the TAS:O has the capacity to distinguish among mild, moderate, marked, and severe crises. Thus, overall statistical analyses revealed that the TAS:O appears to be a reliable and valid measure of individual responses to organizational crises. Because this is the first study to evaluate the TAS:O, further studies are needed to strengthen confidence in the psychometric properties of this scale.

Name thesis:degree_name

PhD

Level thesis:degree_level

Immediate Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Counselor Education and Supervision (ExCES)

Year dc:date.available

2005

Author dc:creator

• Conte, Christian

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rick A. Myer
• Jeffrey A. Miller
• William J. Casile

• Organizational Crisis Triage Assessment Survey

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/431

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-1444