Discriminant validation of measures of organizations commitment, job involvement, and job satisfaction among Swedish army officers

Abstract

The discriminant validity of measures of job involvement, job satisfaction and organizational commitment was tested with data from 467 army officers in Sweden. Confirmatory‐factor analysis showed a close fit between the proposed three‐factor model and the data. Further, six of eleven job and health correlates related differently to the three attitude vairables. The results indicate that job involvement, job satisfaction and organizational commitment represent three empirically distinct constructs. Implications for future research discussed.