Alienation and its Avatars: Clarifying Measurement Issues

Authors

  • Dan Chiaburu
  • Inchul Cho Black Hills State University
  • John Bunch Central Michigan University
  • Darel Hargrove Central Michigan University
  • Tomas Thundiyil Central Michigan University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33423/jop.v18i5.272

Keywords:

Psychology, Business Management, social psychology

Abstract

Integrating psychology-, social psychology-, sociology- and management-based perspectives, we
investigate eight alienation-related constructs and dimensions using factor analyses to determine their dimensionality. Results based on factor analyses demonstrate that the dimensions proposed by Seeman (1959) for alienation – meaninglessness, powerlessness, self-estrangement, social isolation, and normlessness – do not converge toward three general measures of alienation (student alienation, work alienation, and Marxist alienation).

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Published

2018-12-01

How to Cite

Chiaburu, D., Cho, I., Bunch, J., Hargrove, D., & Thundiyil, T. (2018). Alienation and its Avatars: Clarifying Measurement Issues. Journal of Organizational Psychology, 18(5). https://doi.org/10.33423/jop.v18i5.272

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 5 (2018)

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