Development and validation of the work environment complexity scale for leaders

Bezler, Teresa, Moneta, Giovanni B. and Pheiffer, Gary (2019) Development and validation of the work environment complexity scale for leaders. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 32 (2). pp. 296-308. ISSN 0953-4814

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Abstract / Description

Purpose – To develop and validate a Work Environment Complexity (WEC) scale for leaders.
Design/methodology/approach – Both cross-sectional and longitudinal data, gathered in the course of major organizational restructuring, using samples from employees (n=305) and leaders (n=120) in two health care organizations.
Findings – The research developed and validated a scale of WEC for leaders with two factors: (1) Frequent Change and Events, and (2) Uncertain Work Demands. Comparisons between samples suggest diverging employee and leadership representations of WEC.
Practical implications – Being the first scale to measure the comprehensive construct of Work Environment Complexity, a foundation is laid to measure the amount of complexity in a leader’s work and the functioning of leaders with regards to WEC.
Originality/value – This paper contributes to leadership research and practice by clarifying the construct of Work Environment Complexity for leaders empirically and validating a bidimensional scale of WEC.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Complexity, Work Environment Complexity, Leadership, Organizational Behaviour, Measurement
Subjects:	100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology 600 Technology > 650 Management & auxiliary services
Department:	School of Social Sciences (to June 2021) School of Social Sciences and Professions
Depositing User:	Giovanni Moneta
Date Deposited:	11 Apr 2019 10:35
Last Modified:	14 Jun 2019 10:34
URI:	https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/4754

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