THE SHORTENED INDIVIDUALISM-COLLECTIVISM SCALE - ITS RELATIONSHIP TO DEMOGRAPHIC AND WORK-RELATED VARIABLES

The internal structure of the INDividualism-COLlectivism (INDCOL) Scal e, which was first developed for the American and Chinese population, was examined. Confirmatory factor analyses raised about the original s ix-factor model of the Scale. Subsequent principal component analyses extracted five factors which could be further grouped under two second -order factors. On the basis of the factor analytic results, the INDCO L Scale was shortened. Individualism-collectivism (IC) as measured by the revised INDCOL Scale was shown to be related to age, gender, job s atisfaction, and work goals. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.