Measure CRONBACH ALPHA SAMPLE
Measure CRONBACH ALPHA SAMPLE
Measure CRONBACH ALPHA SAMPLE
This study utilized the following survey questionnaire adopted from the
and Turnover Intentions Scale. The questionnaire has nine parts. The first part
contained sections asking for the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of
age, sex, years of working experience, and designation. The second part contained five
questions that assessed the learning culture of respondents. The Dimensions of the
statistics obtained by Yang, Watkins, and Marsick (2004) identified Cronbach’s alpha
The third part contained ten questions that assessed the empowering leadership
within the organization. The Empowering Leadership Questionnaire (Arnold et al., 2000)
was utilized to measure the level of empowering leadership within the organization.
Higher scores indicate a greater degree of empowering leadership. Arnold, et al., (2000)
identified Cronbach’s alpha scores of α= .92, .91 and .94. The fourth part contained four
and Readiness (Bouckenooghe et al., 2009) were used. Higher scores indicate a
greater amount of employee participation. Cronbach’s alpha’s of α= .85 and .79 were
The fifth part contained four questions that assessed the corporate
assess the extent to which the senior management team communicated with the rest of
the staff. Higher scores indicate a greater extent of corporate communication. The
internal consistencies (Bouckenooghe et al., 2009) ranged from α= .79 to .75. The sixth
part contained 13 questions that assessed the employee resilience of respondents. The
The seventh part contained six questions that assessed the job engagement of
respondents. Saks (2006) Job Engagement Scale was used to measure job
engagement. Higher scores indicate that employees are more engaged in their jobs.
Saks (2006) obtained a high internal consistency of α= .82. The eighth part contained
three questions that assessed the job satisfaction of respondents. The Job Satisfaction
Fichman, Jenkins, & Klesh, 1983) was used. High scores represent high job satisfaction
for question one and three. However, as item two was reverse coded, lower ratings on
this item related to a greater degree of job satisfaction. A high Cronbach’s alpha of α=
The ninth part contained three questions that assessed the intentions to turnover
internal consistency scores of α= .84 and .80. Responses for all nine parts were
disagree, 4=neutral, 5= slightly agree, 6= agree, and 7= strongly agree) and are
interpreted as follows: