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Development and validation of the Work Environment Complexity Scale for leaders

Teresa Bezler (School of Social Sciences – Psychology, London Metropolitan University, London, UK)
Giovanni B. Moneta (School of Social Sciences – Psychology, London Metropolitan University, London, UK)
Gary Pheiffer (Business School, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK)

Journal of Organizational Change Management

ISSN: 0953-4814

Article publication date: 22 May 2019

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a Work Environment Complexity (WEC) Scale for leaders.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper uses both cross-sectional and longitudinal data, gathered in the course of major organisational restructuring, using samples from employees (n=305) and leaders (n=120) in two health care organisations.

Findings

The research developed and validated a scale of WEC for leaders with two factors: frequent change and events, and 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 WEC, 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 WEC for leaders empirically and validating a bidimensional scale of WEC.

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Citation

Bezler, T., Moneta, G.B. and Pheiffer, G. (2019), "Development and validation of the Work Environment Complexity Scale for leaders", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 32 No. 2, pp. 296-308. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-09-2017-0341

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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