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  • Organizational Psychology

Background:

  • Managers require evidence-based tools to assess their management skills.
  • The Appreciative Management Scale (AMS 1.0) was previously developed to evaluate appreciative management.
  • Further validation was needed to enhance its practical application.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To further test and validate the Appreciative Management Scale (AMS 1.0).
  • To develop a practical instrument for evaluating appreciative management.
  • To establish the psychometric properties of the revised AMS 2.0 scale.

Main Methods:

  • A survey was administered to 734 social and healthcare managers in Finland.
  • Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was employed to evaluate scale validity.
  • Cronbach's alpha coefficients were calculated to assess internal consistency.

Main Results:

  • The validated AMS 2.0 scale comprises 24 items.
  • Good validity and reliability were confirmed, with RMSEA = 0.072, AVE between 0.532-0.634, and CR between 0.850-0.914.
  • The overall Cronbach's alpha for the scale was 0.944, indicating high internal consistency.

Conclusions:

  • AMS 2.0 is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring appreciative management.
  • Confirmatory factor analysis supports the psychometric integrity of AMS 2.0.
  • The scale provides a practical tool for managers to evaluate their appreciative management capabilities.