Measurement Scales: Defining the Applicability of the Approach Essay

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Constructs	Original Items	Cronbach’s Alpha	References
Leadership	Transformational leadership strategy has been chosen. The transfer from the previous leadership system to the transformational one was predisposed by the fact that the staff, as one of the key stakeholders, needs to be motivated for performing better. In order to change the employees’ attitude towards their work and enhance engagement and creativity, the introduction of a role model (the company leader) and an adoption of a new leadership style were chosen. The staff seems to be accepting the new strategy willingly. This is a major advantage and a huge step forward, which will define the further progress of the company. The staff considers their clients’ satisfaction their top priority due to incentives and financial rewards. It is important to show the staff how much appreciated they are.	0.82	Galpin & Whittington, 2012, p. 40; Hay, 2010, p. 165; Gaskell, Logan & Nicholls, 2012, p. 19; Shunlong & Weiming, 2012, p. 87; Metcalf & Benn, 2013, p. 372; Svensson & Wagner, 2011, p. 335; Bansal & DesJardine, 2014, p. 72. .
Staff motivation	The staff is motivated by both monetary and non-financial rewards. As it has been stressed above, monetary encouragements are most welcome by the employees, yet non-financial signs of gratitude have the longest staying impact on the staff. Therefore, a delicate balance between the two is kept currently. Most of the staff members strive for delivering top performance. Though the strategy described above has only been applied for a couple of months, it already shows significant results. The employees are enthusiastic and positive about their responsibilities. Apart from financial incentives, the staff receives appreciation for their consistent efforts.	0.82	Blaga, 2013, p. 5; Burgher & Snyder. 2014, p. 46; Mortimer, 2012, p. 89; Parrish, 2010, p. 513; Cunningham, 2010, p. 9.
Ethics and Values	The ethics and values of the company have admittedly worn out their welcome. Indeed, a closer look at the current ethical principles will show that they are not suitable for being the guidelines in the process of the company’s expansion and entering the global market. More to the point, the current interpretation of the company’s ethical values also seems to be quite flimsy and clearly needs a thorough reconsideration. New values and ethical principles have been designed for the company to enter the global market. It will be imperative to make sure that the ethical principles in question address the issue of cooperation with the companies representing other cultures and nationalities; otherwise, numerous conflicts are unavoidable. Moreover, it will be crucial to tailor the company’s principles so that they could align with the norm of Saudi Arabia and at the same time could not conflict with the norms of the European and American societies. With transformational leadership, implanting new values into the company is expected to occur very fast. There is no need to stress that the reconsideration of the company’s ethical principles may face a strong protest from some of the staff members; however, it is important to show that trustworthy and, therefore, long-lasting relationships with customers are of greater significance than a dubious bargain.	0.73	Kashmanian, R. M., Wells & Keenan, 2011, p. 107; Schaltegger, Beckmann & Hansen, 2013, p. 217; Zhou, J., McCreanor, Montalto & Erdal, 2011, p. 1414.
Competitiveness	The company uses its key assets in order to be competitive. The HRM strategy needs to be reconsidered so that the employees’ assets could be used efficiently. Strategic planning should be used as the basis for the HRM strategy. The organization delivers top performance and enjoys wide popularity among the TA.	0.93	Hawkins & Wang, 2013, p. 64; Bhojraj & Sengupta, 2013, p. 456; Giese, 2013, p. 135; Searcy, 2013, p. 242.
Knowledge management	The latest technology is utilized in order to facilitate fast and efficient information transfer. In the era of information technologies, the significance of quality and speed of information transfer is hard to overrate. It will be crucial that the organization should use an efficient knowledge management strategy, which can allow for using both regular and modern media to promote to the target audience. A password protected database for information storage has been created. It is quite obvious that in the epoch of a technological breakthrough, securing information is the top priority of any organization. It can be suggested that the information related to the company should be stored on password protected servers and that only the company members could have an access to this information. Moreover, it will be required that the password should be substituted with a new one on a regular basis. Information sharing is going to be established as the key principle for data acquisition, transfer and use. Information transfer between the departments of the company has been improved, which can be considered the effect of the knowledge sharing principle implementation.	0.86	Gao & Bansal, 2013, p. 243; Faber, Peters, Maruster, van Haren & Jorna, 2010, p. 16; Jorna, 2010, p. 4; Chalmeta & Palomero, 2011, p. 1351.

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