Differentiation in Emotional Investments in Work Groups among Different Social Status of Construction Industry Practitioners: A Perspective from the Social Exchange Theory
Table 2
Factor analyses of self-report items.
Items
F1 personal rewards
F2 emotional investment
F3 personal costs
1. The members of my work team listen to me.
0.831
0.208
0.080
2. I feel needed by my work team.
0.863
0.376
0.068
3. I feel comfortable when I voice my work in work group.
0.835
0.348
079
4. Our team members have a strong sense of loyalty to the team.
0.235
0.925
0.010
5. Our work team members care about the collective and are committed to making it better.
0.370
0.888
0.021
6. I do not want to change the members of our work group.
0.442
0.597
0.128
7. Since I am friends with the members of my work team, I undertake a lot of extra responsibilities.
0.210
0.205
0.832
8. I often compromise my ideas by considering the preferences of other team members.
0.084
0.064
0.826
9. To integrate into the work group, I must sacrifice a great deal of personal independence.