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The Use of Self Survey Instrument (UoS-SI): An Exploratory Factor Analysis and Reliability Analysis

Traxler, Jennifer L
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2001-8094
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1656636498950932

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2022, Doctor of Organization Development & Change (D.O.D.C.), Bowling Green State University, Organization Development.
The purpose of this dissertation was twofold; first to advance the Use of Self (UoS) construct by examining the dimensions of UoS, then to develop an instrument for people to self-assess how they view and use themselves in the workplace. The validity and reliability of the Use of Self Survey Instrument (UoS-SI) were analyzed using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and reliability analysis. A preliminary EFA was conducted using principal component analysis with a Promax rotation method which supported the three factor-structure of the instrument. The three dimensions of Self-Awareness, Situational Awareness, and Intentional Action were comprised of 55 initial items that were reduced to 33 (eleven per factor) after the items that did not load, cross-loaded, or were substantially the same as another item that loaded higher were removed. The final three-factor structure was run using PCA as the extraction method with a Promax rotation method with the remaining 33 items. The resulting structure loaded cleanly with the three factors of Self-Awareness, Situational Awareness, and Intentional Action, explaining 53.09% of the variance in the relationship patterns of the items and the factors correlating at r > .51. This supports the assertion that the three factors are part of the larger UoS construct, while also being unique and highly reliable with Cronbach alphas a >.90. This also supports that the UoS-SI is a valid and reliable instrument. This research is important because it further extends the empirical evidence on UoS and contributes to the body of knowledge within organizational contexts. Much of the UoS literature focuses on helping-type professions and specifically in the therapy and Organization Development & Change (OD&C) fields. However, little empirical research has been conducted on UoS and there is no known research on how professionals outside of these helping disciplines in organizations use UoS in the workplace. Addressing this limitation is important because it unnecessarily restricts the construct. UoS is an unfamiliar concept to people in the general population. Results of this research could have many possibilities to help people not only understand UoS but assess themselves using the UoS Survey Instrument to help be their best self in their workplace.
Steven Cady, Ph.D (Committee Chair)
Jari Willing, Ph.D (Other)
David Jamieson, Ph.D (Committee Member)
Colleen Boff, Ed.D (Committee Member)
111 p.
Management; Organization Theory; Organizational Behavior; Personal Relationships; Social Research
Use of Self; UoS, Use of Self; Use of Self Survey Instrument; UoS-SI, Use of Self Survey Instrument; self-awareness; situational awareness; intentional action; self; exploratory factor analysis; Promax; oblique rotation

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  • Traxler, J. L. (2022). The Use of Self Survey Instrument (UoS-SI): An Exploratory Factor Analysis and Reliability Analysis [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1656636498950932

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Traxler, Jennifer. The Use of Self Survey Instrument (UoS-SI): An Exploratory Factor Analysis and Reliability Analysis. 2022. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1656636498950932.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Traxler, Jennifer. "The Use of Self Survey Instrument (UoS-SI): An Exploratory Factor Analysis and Reliability Analysis." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1656636498950932

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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