ABSTRACT

Resilience is a topic of growing interest in the workplace; however, regarding its definition and measurement, a wide range of perspectives and idiosyncrasies persist. We take a closer look at the state of resilience through item-level analyses of 14 publicly available measures. In Study 1, relevance ratings revealed that many items from the measures were not aligned with subject matter experts’ (SMEs) conceptualizations of resilience. In Study 2, SMEs were able to sort the relevant items reliably into eight categories. In Study 3, four factors summarized participant responses to these items, and these factors aligned with the categories from Study 2. Moreover, resilience scales based on these four factors demonstrated expected patterns of convergent and discriminant validity. Implications for resilience theory and measurement are discussed.

摘要

弹性是对工作场所越来越感兴趣的话题。但是，关于其定义和度量，仍然存在广泛的观点和特质。我们通过对14种可公开获得的措施进行项目级别的分析，仔细研究了弹性状态。在研究1中，相关性评级显示，这些措施中的许多项目与主题专家（SME）的弹性概念不符。在研究2中，中小型企业能够将相关项目可靠地分为八类。在研究3中，四个因素总结了参与者对这些项目的反应，这些因素与研究2中的类别一致。此外，基于这四个因素的适应力量表表明了预期的收敛性和判别有效性模式。讨论了弹性理论和测量的含义。