Survey of Perceived Organizational Support.

SPOS

What it measures

Perceived organizational support (POS) - the global belief that the organization values employees' contributions and cares about their well-being (unidimensional).

Length and format

36 (original); widely used 8-, 16-, and 17-item short forms. 7-pt agreement Likert (incl. reverse-keyed items) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many incl. ES, FR, ZH, AR, PT, FA, TR and others

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Eisenberger, R., Huntington, R., Hutchison, S., & Sowa, D. (1986). Perceived organizational support. Journal of Applied Psychology, 71(3), 500-507.