Validation studies on a measure of overall managerial readiness for the Chinese
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
International Journal of Selection and Assessment
Publication Date
6-1-2009
Volume
17
Issue
2
First Page
127
Last Page
141
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Abstract
The Overall Managerial Readiness (OMR) scale was first developed as a simple measure of managerial potential for the Chinese workforce. OMR purports to predict managerial performance by assessing a person's attitudes and intention to engage in managerial practices. It consists of 28 forced-choice statements most of which refer to attitudes and behaviors in a work setting. Three studies together showed that OMR was correlated negatively with neuroticism, and positively with conscientiousness, agreeableness, openness to experience, and extraversion. Notwithstanding, OMR was distinct from the Big Five, and had incremental predictive power on work performance (Study 3). Besides, OMR alone predicted bank managers' productivity (Study 4). Finally, internal consistency and concurrent validity of a Likert version of OMR was ascertained (Study 5).
DOI
10.1111/j.1468-2389.2009.00457.x
Print ISSN
0965075X
Funding Information
The work described in this paper was partially supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. HKU 7431/05H). {HKU 7431/05H}
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
Hui, C. H., Pak, S. T., & Cheng, K. H. C. (2009). Validation studies on a measure of overall managerial readiness for the Chinese. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 17(2), 127-141. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2009.00457.x