Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Business and Management Studies: An International Journal, cilt.7, sa.5, ss.2701-2722, 2019 (Hakemli Dergi)
The aim of this research is to bring the concept of Self-Expectation for Organizational Improvement”
(SEOI) to the field of organizational psychology and to develop a measurement tool by forming the theoreticalempirical background of this concept. In the study, firstly, the theoretical framework related to the concept of
SEOI was established and the concept of SEOI defined as follows; independent of the planned actions of the
organization management, self-expectations that the individual has designed completely in his/her own mind and
that there will be positive improvements and developments within himself/herself, with the individuals around
him/her, and in the organization. Subsequently, a pool of items was created in accordance with the theoretical
framework, a draft scale was obtained and a pilot study was conducted with 87 employees to determine the validity
and reliability of this draft scale. In the analysis, a two-factor structure was obtained from the draft scale and it
was found that this structure met the reliability and validity criteria. This factor structure was then tested on the
main sample of 274 employees. All findings of the statistical analyses on the data obtained from the pilot study
and the main sample showed that the developed scale had scientific validity and reliability and the scale was
sufficient to be used in scientific researches