Development and validation of scores on a two-dimensional workplace friendship scale

Two studies were conducted to develop and provide evidence supporting the c onstruct validity of scores on a scale to measure two aspects of workplace friendship: friendship prevalence and friendship opportunities. In the firs t study, data collected from 200 part-time graduate students supported the internal consistency and proposed dimensionality of scale scores. In the se cond study, data were collected from ii total sample of 116, which consiste d of part-time graduate students and employees of three organizations. Supp ort was provided for convergent, discriminant, and nomological validity of scale scores.