ORGANIZATIONAL AMBIGUITY AVOIDANCE SCALE: ELABORATION AND APPROBATION

I. N. Leonov

Abstract


A theoretical justification and psychometric characteristics (validity, reliability) of elaborated questionnaire “Organizational ambiguity avoidance scale” are presented.


Keywords


ambiguity; uncertainty; uncertainty management; ambiguity and uncertainty avoidance in organization

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