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The Development of a Unit Morale Measure for Army Battalions

A survey measuring organizational morale was constructed from Army unit member satisfaction responses aggregated to the battalion level. The data were gathered at three different points in time from military personnel within 55 CONUS battalions. Significant positive correlations between the satisfaction scores and an independent index of affective orientation supported the widely held, but largely untested assumption that job satisfaction measures are indications of an individual's affective orientation toward his/her unit. Analysis of the instrument's psychometric properties showed it to be a reliable and valid measure of morale as an organizational characteristic as distinct from an individual level variable. Theoretical and applied implications of these findings for the study of organizational morale in military and nonmilitary units are discussed.

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