This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Allport, C. D. Articles by Kerler, W. A. Search for Related Content

A Research Note Regarding the Development of the Consensus on Appropriation Scale

Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Pamplin College of Business, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0101
Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Pamplin College of Business, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0101
callport{at}vt.edu
wkerler{at}vt.edu

Measurement is perhaps the most difficult aspect of behavioral research. In a recent edition ofISR, a scale for consensus on appropriation was developed. Consensus on appropriation is one of three global constructs incorporated in adaptive structuration theory (Poole and DeSanctis 1990). The principal components analysis on the initial questionnaire revealed two factors with eigenvalues greater than one. While the methods used to develop the scale were thorough, the weaker factor was excluded from the rest of the analysis with little justification. We suggest that this finding has two possible explanations, multidimensionality or response bias. This research note suggests that in addition to the convergent and discriminant validity that Salisbury et al. (2002) provided for the consensus on appropriation scale, we may have an opportunity to further refine the measurement of this construct. By further exploring this principal component finding, consensus on appropriation may be better understood and measured.

Key Words: Consensus on Appropriation; Scale Development; Framing; Multidimensionality
History: This paper was received on January 23, 2003.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				W. W. Chin, Wm. D. Salisbury, A. Gopal, and P. R. Newsted Authors' Reply to Allport and Kerler (2003) Information Systems Research, December 1, 2003; 14(4): 360 - 363. [Abstract] [PDF]