TY - JOUR
T1 - California psychological inventory dominance scale measurement equivalence
T2 - General population normative and Indian, U.K., and U.S. managerial samples
AU - Kulas, John T.
AU - Thompson, Richard C.
AU - Anderson, Michael G.
PY - 2011/2
Y1 - 2011/2
N2 - The California Psychological Inventory's Dominance scale was investigated for inconsistencies in item-trait associations across four samples (one American normative and three culturally dissociated manager groupings). The Kim, Cohen, and Park procedure was used, enabling simultaneous multigroup comparison in addition to the traditional differential item functioning focus on paired-group contrasts. Framing comparisons within Hofstede's cultural dimensions, Dominance construct-item association inconsistencies were predicted to occur across Indian manager responses (when contrasted relatively with U.S. and U.K. responses). Results are consistent with the Hofstede predictions and have particular implications for empirically keyed assessments, multigroup contrasts, the cross-cultural expression of individual differences, and the generalizability of trait definitions across cultures.
AB - The California Psychological Inventory's Dominance scale was investigated for inconsistencies in item-trait associations across four samples (one American normative and three culturally dissociated manager groupings). The Kim, Cohen, and Park procedure was used, enabling simultaneous multigroup comparison in addition to the traditional differential item functioning focus on paired-group contrasts. Framing comparisons within Hofstede's cultural dimensions, Dominance construct-item association inconsistencies were predicted to occur across Indian manager responses (when contrasted relatively with U.S. and U.K. responses). Results are consistent with the Hofstede predictions and have particular implications for empirically keyed assessments, multigroup contrasts, the cross-cultural expression of individual differences, and the generalizability of trait definitions across cultures.
KW - California Psychological Inventory (CPI)
KW - cross-cultural
KW - empirical keying
KW - multigroup DIF
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79951691065&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0013164410391580
DO - 10.1177/0013164410391580
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79951691065
SN - 0013-1644
VL - 71
SP - 245
EP - 257
JO - Educational and Psychological Measurement
JF - Educational and Psychological Measurement
IS - 1
ER -