The Reliability and Validity of the Chinese School Version of the Denison Organizational Culture Survey

Abstract

he aim of the study was to evaluate the applicability of the Denison Organizational Culture Survey in a Chinese school context. The survey consists of four traits: involvement, consistency, adaptability, and mission. Each trait is further divided into three indexes, each of which is derived from three items. The sample included 424 teachers in six Chinese primary and middle schools. All traits and indexes showed acceptable internal consistency. Factor structure was evaluated by confirmatory factor analysis. Results showed acceptable goodness of fit with the original structure of four traits and twelve indexes. Higher correlation between school culture and school effectiveness indicated good external validity of the present survey. The psychometric properties of the survey are satisfactory.