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What is construct validity in organizational research?
The short answer
Construct validity is whether a measure actually captures the abstract thing it claims to — engagement, ability, fit — rather than a label attached to something unmeasured. It is the foundational question behind every instrument: without it, the score is arbitrary and everything built on it inherits the error.
The problem underneath
Construct validity is the foundational question behind every measurement instrument; without it, survey scores are arbitrary labels attached to unmeasured phenomena.
The evidence
- 205+ profiled and searchable works
- Original research bridging the literature to practice
- The source-graded, citation-verified organizational-science registry
- Effect-size / validity findings
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