Page No.133-142
Avinash Kumar Srivastav
Bengaluru, India
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Self-Role Distance (SRD) or lack of integration between the role and its occupant is
an important dimension of role stress. SRD did not emerge as a clear factor during
revalidation/validation of Pareek’s Organizational Role Stress (ORS) and Srivastav’s New
Organizational Role Stress (NORS) frameworks. Enhanced framework was developed
for measurement of SRD. Reconceptualization of SRD, development of enhanced SRD
scale, and establishing its reliability and validity have been reported. Enhanced SRD
scale was tested on 222 respondents from information technology industry and some
other industries/organizations. Reliability of the scale was assessed and improved
by computation of Cronbach’s Alpha, Corrected Item-Total Correlation, Item-Deleted
Cronbach’s Alpha, and pruning of weak items. Enhanced SRD scale demonstrated
satisfactory internal consistency reliability. Validity of enhanced SRD scale was confirmed
by exploratory factor analysis. The new SRD scale can better identify roles that poorly
integrate with their occupants for enhancing their effectiveness
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