Abstract
The Rizzo, House, and Lirtzman (1970) Role Questionnaire (RQ) was developed to assess a person's perceived level of role conflict and role ambiguity. Although the RQ has been shown to possess reliability and validity when used with some occupations, these properties of the instrument have not been examined for teachers. This study was concerned with the construct validity of the RQ when used with teachers. A principal components analysis with oblique rotation confirmed that the RQ measured the separate constructs of role conflict and role ambiguity. In addition, role conflict could be separated into two factors, Intrarole/intrasender and Interrole/intersender conflict. Cronbach coefficient alpha internal consistency estimates of the reliabilities of each scale were considered to be satisfactory and were observed to be similar to those reported for other occupations. Questions as to the underlying reasons for the independence of the role conflict and role ambiguity factors as well as suggestions for future research are presented.
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