The SPOS assesses employees’ perception of their organization’s support and
commitment to them (Eisenberger et al., 1986). The shorter 8-item version has been
encouraged and is commonly used (Eisenberger et al., 1986; Worley et al.,
2009). The 8-item SPOS used in this study was based on a 5-point
Likert scale ranging from 0) strongly agree to 4) strongly disagree (items
2, 3, 5, and 7 are reverse-coded prior to computing the final scale).
Example items include “the organization really cares about my well-being”
and “the organization takes pride in my accomplishments at work.” The SPOS
total score was computed by finding the average of the eight items, with a
total possible score of 0–4. Higher scores indicate more perceived
organizational support. The 8-item SPOS is a unidimensional measurement and
has demonstrated convergent and discriminant validity as well as good
reliability (α = 0.90) (Eisenberger et al., 1997; Lynch et al., 1999). Cronbach’s
alpha for the current study is α = 0.92.
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