Cross‐cultural validity and measurement invariance of the Organizational Stressor Indicator for Sport Performers (OSI‐SP) across three countries

Arnold, Rachel; Ponnusamy, Vellapandian; Zhang, Chun-Qing; Gucciardi, Daniel F.

doi:10.1111/sms.12688

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“…Each item is responded to on three separate 6‐point Likert rating scales: frequency (“how often did this pressure place a demand on you?”; 0= never , 5= always ), intensity (“how demanding was this pressure?”; 0= no demand , 5= very high ), and duration (“how long did this pressure place a demand on you for?”; 0= no time , 5= a very long time ). Over a series of studies, Arnold et al . validated the OSI‐SP, providing evidence for its content, concurrent, discriminant, and factorial validity.…”

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Organizational stressors and basic psychological needs: The mediating role of athletes' appraisal mechanisms

Bartholomew

Arnold

Hampson

et al. 2017

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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This article reports the first study to quantitatively examine the relationships between the demands encountered by athletes that are associated with the organization within which they are operating, cognitive appraisals, and basic psychological need experiences. Three hundred and fifteen high-level British athletes completed a multisection questionnaire which assessed each of the aforementioned constructs. A series of path analyses provided valuable insight into the way in which the three dimensions (ie, frequency, intensity, and duration) of five organizational stressor categories were evaluated by athletes and, in turn, how such threat or challenge appraisals predicted feelings of need satisfaction and need frustration. Moreover, cognitive stress appraisals were found to mediate the relationship between organizational stressors and psychological need experiences. The role of secondary control appraisals was also explored and found to mediate the relationship between primary cognitive appraisals and basic psychological need experiences. Study limitations, proposed future research directions, and the implications of the findings for applied practitioners are discussed.

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“…"; 0=no time, 5=a very long time). Over a series of studies, Arnold et al 5,31 validated the OSI-SP, providing evidence for its content, concurrent, discriminant, and factorial validity. Support was also provided for the internal consistency of the indicator.…”

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Organizational stressors and basic psychological needs: The mediating role of athletes' appraisal mechanisms

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Arnold

Hampson

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Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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“…Examples of studies focusing on cross-cultural validity using SEM can be found in the literature across a wide array of disciplines. These research fields include pedagogy (Andrews and Diego-Mantecón, 2015; Ay et al , 2015; Tóth-Király et al , 2017), psychology (Camilleri et al , 2015; Saklofske et al , 2016), medicine (Arnold et al , 2017; Joshanloo, 2016), marketing (Raja and Agrawal, 2017) and business (Lukes and Stephan, 2017; Nam et al , 2016; Ralston et al , 2018; Zhu et al , 2017).…”

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Leal

Aguiñaga

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Purpose In this paper, empirical evidence is presented regarding the translation of the learning tactics inventory (LTI) instrument that measures learning versatility in entrepreneurs with four main learning strategies: acting, thinking, feeling or access to others. The purpose of this paper is to show how translating instruments from other languages and for cross-cultural studies is not sufficient to achieve instrument validity, and the use of structural equation modeling can help to strengthen the process. Design/methodology/approach After using iterative and multi-technique strategies that involved close translation and adaptation, structural equation modeling was also performed to validate whether relationships exist among the constructs and their variables using a confirmatory analysis. Findings After careful translation, the Spanish version of the LTI instrument does not measure the intended constructs. Such evidence was uncovered by contrasting the different dimensions of the English and Spanish translated versions. Research limitations/implications Instruments in cross-cultural studies require more than translation strategies to adapt the instrument to the new context. This paper shows that, with the use of structural equation modeling, constructs may change in different international contexts and how misinterpretations of the instrument can occur if additional validity tests are ignored. Originality/value Consistent with the extant literature, the findings suggest that, when studying a complex phenomenon such as learning through a survey developed in a different country and language, cultural factors should be explained to maintain construct validity. Hence, in entrepreneurship and management research, instruments such as the LTI need to be validated with confirmatory analysis to accurately reflect the different learning strategies of entrepreneurs across cultures.

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“…Further, investigations of organisational stressors within elite disability football from other countries may offer an opportunity to explore the stressors within different cultures (i.e., Arnold, Ponnusamy, Zhang, & Gucciardi, 2017). Finally, we provide our interpretation of the organisational stressors experienced by international disability footballers.…”

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An exploration of the organisational stressors encountered by international disability footballers

Whittingham¹,

Barker

Slater

et al. 2020

Journal of Sports Sciences

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Presently, disability athletes remain under-represented in organisational stressor research. Our study sought to bring novel insights to this area by determining the organisational stressors experienced by international disability footballers. Twelve current international disability footballers (10 male, 2 female) from a range of UK impairment squads took part in the study. Semi-structured interviews were completed with each participant, and data were analysed by content analysis procedures. Organisational stressors data were abstracted into Arnold, Wagstaff, Steadman, and Pratt's (2017) concepts, and Arnold and Fletcher's (2012) four general dimensions: leadership and personnel issues, cultural and team issues, logistical and environmental issues, and performance and personal issues, revealing a series of football specific nuances. Our study is the first exploration of the prevalence of organisational stressors within international disability football. Our study also provides practitioners with an understanding of the common and unique organisational stressors faced by international disability footballers. Finally, we suggest a series of practical recommendations for policy development within disability football organisations to aid athletes to effective manage organisational stressors.

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Cross‐cultural validity and measurement invariance of the Organizational Stressor Indicator for Sport Performers (OSI‐SP) across three countries

Cited by 11 publications

References 88 publications

Organizational stressors and basic psychological needs: The mediating role of athletes' appraisal mechanisms

Organizational stressors and basic psychological needs: The mediating role of athletes' appraisal mechanisms

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An exploration of the organisational stressors encountered by international disability footballers

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