Abstract
The objectives of this study were to examine O'Reilly and Chatman's (1986) compliance, identification, and internalization scales, and to compare the latter measures to the OCQ. Two studies were completed. Findings from Study 1 indicated that: (1) Although reliable, the identification measure was redundant with the OCQ; ( 2) the internalization measure was reliable and valid in that most items strongly loaded upon a different factor than did items of all other measures; and (3) the compliance measure obtained some validity only after the removal of two of its items, but possessed weak reliability throughout the analysis. Study 2 examined the applicability of the reconstituted (based upon findings from Study 1) OCQ, internaliza tion and compliance measures in a longitudinal model of the turnover process. Of the three measures, only the OCQ had a significant causal effect within the model. Implications of these findings are examined.
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