Handbook of Management Scales/Collectivism

Collectivism Description Collectivism was measured with four items taken from Earley (1989). Items Working with a group is better than working alone. Individuals are responsible for the successes or failures of work groups. One should live one’s life independent of others as much as possible (reverse coded). Each worker is responsible for the outcomes of his or her company. Source Zhang et al. (2014): Relational Versus Collective Identification Within Workgroups: Conceptualization, Measurement Development, and Nomological Network Building. Journal of Management, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 1700–1731