Validity and Reliability of the Psychodynamic Organizational Diagnostic Instrument SyMOA: Protocol for a Mixed...

Area of Science:

• Organizational Psychology
• Systems Theory
• Psychodynamic Theory

Background:

• Organizations require a deep understanding for successful change initiatives.
• Existing diagnostic methods lack empirical testability for complex organizational dynamics.
• The Systematic Multidimensional Organizational Assessment (SyMOA) was developed to address this gap, integrating clinical, organizational, and systemic psychodynamic theories.

Purpose of the Study:

• To evaluate the validity and intercoder reliability of the SyMOA instrument.
• To provide methodological insights into SyMOA's feasibility and acceptability.
• To inform the refinement and application of systems-psychodynamic approaches in organizational diagnostics.

Main Methods:

• Conducting semistructured interviews with employees across at least three German companies.
• Analyzing interview content using coding protocols based on SyMOA dimensions.
• Calculating Krippendorff's alpha for intercoder reliability and assessing construct, content, and external validity.

Main Results:

• This is a study protocol; data collection is planned for the second half of 2025.
• No results are available at the time of submission.
• 46 participants have been recruited for the study.

Conclusions:

• The study will offer crucial methodological insights into SyMOA's performance.
• Findings are expected to guide further instrument refinement.
• The research will support the application of systems-psychodynamic diagnostics in organizations.