Measurement Equivalence of the English, German, and French Versions of the Strike Attitude and Behavioral Reactions Scale (SABeRS)

Abstract

Strikes are an important phenomenon in the working world. Nevertheless, cross-cultural psychological research on strikes has been limited as appropriate scales were missing. Recently, a scale to determine third-party attitudes and behavioral reactions was introduced: the Strike Attitude and Behavioral Reactions Scale (SABeRS). The applicability of this scale is currently limited to a German context, as it was developed in German. We thus decided to extend the applicability to other languages, that is, English and French. To test the measurement equivalence of the SABeRS, we used a British (n = 444), a German (n = 454), and a French sample (n = 463) and ran multigroup confirmatory factor analyses. Based on multi-group CFA and alignment optimization analyses, the scale was found to be at least partially measurement equivalent between the groups. The five factors were consistently confirmed in all samples. Overall, this study indicates that the SABeRS is psychometrically solid and that it is measurement-equivalent in English, German, and French samples.