Construction d'une échelle d'attachement au lieu de travail: Une démarche exploratoire.

Lorito³

2014

Psychol Rep

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The goal was to compare three-factor and two-factor solutions and construct validity of the Adult Attachment in the Workplace (AAW) questionnaire. Participants were 660 volunteers from three countries (France, Italy, and Great Britain). The two-factor model of Neustadt, Chamorro-Premuzic, & Furnham (2006) and the three-factor theoretical model of Collins and Read (1990) were compared. Construct validity was assessed by calculating correlations among the two- and three-factor AAW, the Workplace Attachment Scale, and the Organizational Commitment Scale. The three-factor structure differentiated between the three attachment styles, i.e., secure, preoccupied, and avoidant. There were moderate, significant correlations between AAW, workplace attachment, and affective commitment. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the three-factor structure fit the data better. Furthermore, the AAW, the Workplace Attachment Scale, and the Organizational Commitment Scale can be considered independent. In line with previous empirical evidence, a further distinction is noted between avoidant and preoccupied styles in the workplace.

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Workplace attachment .-To assess workplace attachment, the EALT (échelle d'attachement au lieu de travail) validated by Rioux (2006 ) was used. This one-dimensional scale has six items (e.g., "This workplace is part of myself"), rated on a seven-point Likert-type response scale with anchors 1: Strongly disagree and 7: Strongly agree.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Three-Factor Structure of Adult Attachment in the Workplace: Comparison of British, French, and Italian Samples

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Lorito³

2014

Psychol Rep

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“…Workplace attachment is defined as the affective bond resulting from the dynamic interaction between a person and his/her organizational environment (Rioux, 2006a) and is considered to be an important aspect of the quality of work life. Several studies (e.g., Dinç, 2010) have shown that when employees are able to customize their workplace, they are more attached to it, and this raises the indices of the quality of work life such as job satisfaction, wellbeing and performance.…”

Section: The Workplace Attachment and The Workplace Attachment Stylesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To assess workplace attachment, we used the Work Attachment Scale (EALT/WAS) validated by Rioux (2006a). This is a one-dimensional scale consisting of seven items (i.e.…”

Section: Instrumentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

I hate my workplace but I am very attached to it: workplace attachment style

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Stefano

2017

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Purpose-The aim of this study was to investigate whether different patterns of workplace attachment exist and to explore the relations between adult attachment styles and the level of workplace attachment. Design/methodology/approach-Participants were 351 Italian employees who completed a questionnaire composed of the Workplace Attachment Scale and the Relationship Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using correspondence analysis. Findings-The results showed that high scores on workplace attachment correlated significantly with secure attachment style, while low scores correlated with insecure attachment styles. These results shed light on different workplace attachment styles. Research limitations/implications-The limitation in this study mostly concern the use of selfreporting instruments to measure the participants' attachment style, since they may be susceptible to distortions. However, the distribution of attachment styles in our sample is similar to the worldwide distribution, which supports our choice. Practical implications-To the extent that it is possible to identify a specific workplace attachment style, it should also be possible to change some of the HR management practices inducing employees to develop a workplace secure attachment style. Originality/value-Researchers tended to ignore the extension of the adult attachment behavioral system to examine core environmental relationships. The present study, applying Attachment Theory to workplace attachment, provides theoretical support that the bonds that an individuals form with workplace can be classified as attachment bonds.

“……that allows you to make decisions (Autonomy). We chose Rioux's (2006) scale of workplace attachment (Echelle d'Attachement au Lieu de Travail -EALT), which was based on work by Altman and Ginat (1992). Altman and Ginat considered that attachment can have different, but equally important, definitions depending on whether the aim is to analyze the consequences related to feelings aroused by the environment or the social and psychological processes that occur between a person and his or her environment-in other words, the reasons for the attachment.…”

Section: Items To Identify the Places Perceived As Giving Meaning To mentioning

confidence: 99%

Workplace Attachment and Meaning of Work in a French Secondary School

Pignault

2013

Span. J. Psychol.

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This research aims to gain a better understanding of the attachment of teachers to their workplace by identifying the areas to which they become attached and which give meaning to their work. Based on the belief that place attachment is an affective bond between a person and his or her environment (Bonnes & Secchiaroli, 1995), its aim is to identify the attachment of secondary school teachers to their workplace, which is viewed as a whole but also as a combination of specific places, and to show that the places that predict overall workplace attachment are also those that give meaning to work. A Workplace Attachment Scale was completed by 158 teachers in a secondary school in the Paris region (France). This questionnaire contained items evaluating attachment to each specific place of work and others adapted from the meaning-of-work scale evaluating the meaning given to each of these places. The results show that all the teachers were more closely attached to places that provide opportunities for informal communication than to those directly related to teaching. The main workplace attachment predictors also concern places constituting the essence of the profession and/or places where teachers can manage their organizational stress.