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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
business, management and accounting
The Love of Money and Pay Level Satisfaction: Measurement and Functional Equivalence in 29 Geopolitical Entities around the World
Management and Organization Review, Volume 2, No. 3, Year 2006
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Demonstrating the equivalence of constructs is a key requirement for cross- cultural empirical research. The major purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how to assess measurement and functional equivalence or invariance using the 9-item, 3-factor Love of Money Scale (LOMS, a second-order factor model) and the 4-item, 1-factor Pay Level Satisfaction Scale (PLSS, a first-order factor model) across 29 samples in six continents (N = 5973). In step 1, we tested the configural, metric and scalar invariance of the LOMS and 17 samples achieved measurement invariance. In step 2, we applied the same procedures to the PLSS and nine samples achieved measurement invariance. Five samples (Brazil, China, South Africa, Spain and the USA) passed the measurement invariance criteria for both measures. In step 3, we found that for these two measures, common method variance was non-significant. In step 4, we tested the functional equivalence between the Love of Money Scale and Pay Level Satisfaction Scale. We achieved functional equivalence for these two scales in all five samples. The results of this study suggest the critical importance of evaluating and establishing measurement equivalence in cross-cultural studies. Suggestions for remedying measurement non-equivalence are offered. © 2006, International Association for Chinese Management Research. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Tang, Thomas Li Ping
United States
University of Middle Tennessee State
Sutarso, Toto
United States, Murfreesboro
Middle Tennessee State University
Akande, Adebowale Williams
South Africa
International Institute of Research.
Allen, Michael W.
Australia, Sydney
The University of Sydney
Alzubaidi, Abdulgawi Salim
Oman, Muscat
Sultan Qaboos University
Ansari, Mahfooz A.
Canada, Lethbridge
University of Lethbridge
Arias-Galicia, Fernando
Mexico, Cuernavaca
Universidad Autónoma Del Estado de Morelos
Borg, Mark G.
Malta, Msida
L-università Ta' Malta
Canova, Luigina
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Charles-Pauvers, Brigitte
France, Nantes
Nantes Université
Cheng, Bor-Shiuan
Taiwan, Taipei
National Taiwan University
Chiu, Randy Ki Kwan
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Baptist University
Du, Linzhi
China, Nanjing
Nanjing University
Garber, Ilya E.
United States
Saratov State Socio-economic University
Garcia De La Torre, Consuelo García
Mexico, Monterrey
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Higgs, Rosario Correia
Portugal, Lisbon
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
Safwat Ibrahim, Abdul H.
Saudi Arabia
Iman University
Jen, Chinkang
Taiwan, Kaohsiung
National Sun Yat-sen University
Kazem, Ali Mahdi
Oman, Muscat
Sultan Qaboos University
Kim, Kilsun
South Korea, Seoul
Sogang University
Lim, Vivien Kim Geok
Singapore, Singapore City
National University of Singapore
Luna-Arocas, Roberto
Spain, Valencia
Universitat de València
Málovics, Éva
Hungary, Szeged
Szegedi Tudományegyetem Szte
Manganelli, Anna Maria
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Moreira, Alice S.
Brazil, Belem
Universidade Federal do Pará
Nnedum, O. A.U.
Nigeria, Awka
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Osagie, Johnsto E.
United States, Tallahassee
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Osman-Gani, Aahad M.
Singapore, Singapore City
Nanyang Technological University
Pereira, Francisco Costa
Portugal, Lisbon
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
Pholsward, Ruja
Thailand, Bangkok
University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce
Pitariu, Horia D.
Romania, Cluj Napoca
Universitatea Babeș-bolyai
Polič, Marko
Slovenia, Ljubljana
Univerza V Ljubljani
Sardžoska, Elisaveta Gjorgji
Unknown Affiliation
Skobic, Petar
United States
State University of Middle Tennessee
Stembridge, Allen F.
United States, Keene
Southwestern Adventist University
Tang, Theresa Li Na
United States, Brentwood
Affinion Group
Teo, Thompson Sian Hin
Singapore, Singapore City
National University of Singapore
Tombolani, Marco
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Trontelj, Martina
Slovenia, Ljubljana
Univerza V Ljubljani
Urbain, Caroline
France, Nantes
Nantes Université
Vlerick, Peter
Belgium, Ghent
Universiteit Gent
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Citations: 105
Authors: 41
Affiliations: 33
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1740-8784.2006.00051.x
ISSN:
17408776
e-ISSN:
17408784
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Locations
South Africa