Approaches to Scale Development in Chinese Management Research Academic Article

abstract

• We classify survey scales or measures currently used in Chinese management research along two dimensions - the source of the scale and expectations about its cultural specificity. Based on these two dimensions, we differentiate four approaches to scale development: translation, adaptation, de-contextualization, and contextualization. We describe the key assumptions, strengths and limitations of each approach and their roles in Chinese management research. We illustrate the four approaches by commenting on the five articles in this special issue.

authors

• Cannella, Albert

published proceedings

• Management and Organization Review

author list (cited authors)

• Farh, J., Cannella, A. A., & Lee, C.

citation count

• 77

complete list of authors

• Farh, Jiing‐Lih||Cannella, Albert A||Lee, Cynthia

publication date

• November 2006

publisher

• Cambridge University Press (CUP)  Publisher

published in

• Management and Organization Review  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2006.00055.x

start page

• 301

end page

• 318

volume

• 2

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-8784.2006.00055.x