Journal article
On the validity of subjective measures of company performance
- Abstract:
- Subjective measures of company performance are widely used in research and typically are interpreted as equivalent to objective measures. Yet, the assumption of equivalence is open to challenge. We compared the use of both types of measure in 3 separate samples. Findings were consistent in showing that: (a) subjective and objective measures of company performance were positively associated (convergent validity); (b) those relationships were stronger than those between measures of differing aspects of performance using the same method (discriminant validity); and (c) the relationships of subjective and objective company performance measures with a range of independent variables were equivalent (construct validity).
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Authors
- Publisher:
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- Journal:
- Personnel Psychology More from this journal
- Volume:
- 57
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 95-118
- Publication date:
- 2004-03-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1744-6570
- ISSN:
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0031-5826
- Language:
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English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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uuid:165b9694-edb8-4d71-a25b-f3911e9bfd7d
- Local pid:
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ora:2165
- Deposit date:
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2008-07-04
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- Copyright holder:
- Personnel Psychology, Inc (Journal compilation copyright is held by Blackwell Publishing)
- Copyright date:
- 2004
- Notes:
- N.B. Professor Michie was based at Birkbeck College, University of London when this paper was first published. The full-text of the article is not available in ORA at this time. Citation: Wall, T. D. et al. (2007). 'On the validity of subjective measures of company performance', Personnel Psychology, 57(1), 95-118. [Available at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118503216/home].
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