Development and Validation of Psychological Contract Scale for Hospital Pharmacists

Figures & data

Table 1 Pharmacist Demographic Data

Variables		n	Percentage (%)
Sex	Male	228	37.6
	Female	378	62.4
Age	19–29	261	43.1
	30–40	228	37.6
	41–51	82	13.5
	52–62	35	5.8
Professional title	Assistant pharmacist	149	24.6
	Pharmacist	326	53.8
	Pharmacist in charge	110	18.2
	Associate chief pharmacist	16	2.6
	Chief pharmacist	5	0.8
Education	Technical secondary school	56	9.2
	Two (or three) year college	166	27.4
	Undergraduate	343	56.6
	Graduate or above	41	6.8
Marital status	Married	445	73.4
	Unmarried	151	24.9
	Divorce or widowhood	10	1.7
Mode of appointment	Permanent post	326	53.8
	Temporary post	280	46.2
Job type	Clinical pharmacist	63	10.4
	Inpatient pharmacist	146	24.1
	Outpatient pharmacist	387	63.9
	PIVAS^a pharmacist	10	1.7
Monthly salary (CNY)^b	<2000	41	6.8
	2000–4000	256	42.2
	4000–6000	230	38
	>6000	79	13
Hospital grade	Grade III Level A hospital	93	15.3
	Grade III Level B hospital	148	24.4
	Grade II Level A hospital	286	47.2
	Grade II Level B hospital	15	2.8
	Grade I hospital	64	10.6
Employment length (years)	1–5	256	42.2
	6–10	172	28.4
	11–15	41	6.8
	16–20	46	7.6
	21–25	26	4.3
	26–30	37	6.1
	>30	28	4.6

Abbreviations: PIVAS^a, pharmacy intravenous admixture services; CNY^b, Chinese Yuan.

Table 2 KMO Measurement in Psychological Contract and Bartlett Spherical Test

Validity Test	Hospital Responsibility in Psychological Contract	Pharmacist Responsibility in Psychological Contract		Government/Society Responsibility in Psychological Contract
KMO sample measure	0.957	0.930		0.917
Approximate chi-square	9343.729	5174.563		4426.007
Degree of freedom	136	91		36
Significant probability	0.000	0.000		0.000
Cumulative (%)	78.406	73.451		75.779

Table 3 Exploratory Factor Analysis of Hospital Responsibility in the Psychological Contract

Factor	Item	Factor Load
		Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Factor 4	Mean±SD
Transaction	1		0.606			0.40±0.23
	2		0.839			0.38±0.31
	3		0.810			0.37±0.30
	4		0.720			0.33±0.32
Development	5			0.760		0.35±0.29
	6			0.748		0.39±0.24
	7			0.550		0.35±0.31
	8			0.515		0.32±0.32
	9			0.627		0.37±0.28
Cooperation	10	0.599				0.35±0.26
	11	0.785				0.32±0.35
	12	0.803				0.32±0.38
Concept	13				0.808	0.32±0.35
	14				0.754	0.38±0.28
	15				0.750	0.41±0.24
	16				0.781	0.38±0.27
	17				0.771	0.38±0.26

Table 4 Exploratory Factor Analysis of Pharmacists’ Responsibilities in the Psychological Contract

Factor	Item	Factor Load
		Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Factor 4	Mean±SD
Transaction	1	0.815				0.31±0.35
	2	0.773				0.35±0.30
	3	0.759				0.33±0.31
	4	0.674				0.32±0.27
Development	5			0.619		0.37±0.26
	6			0.528		0.37±0.24
	7			0.872		0.26±0.41
Cooperation	8				0.865	0.36±0.34
	9				0.434	0.38±0.23
	10				0.558	0.35±0.23
Concept	11		0.657			0.36±0.24
	12		0.847			0.33±0.35
	13		0.808			0.35±0.32
	14		0.501			0.35±0.20

Table 5 Exploratory Factor Analysis of Government/Society Responsibilities in Psychological Contract

Factor	Item	Factor Load
		Factor 1	Factor 2	Mean±SD
Government	1		0.834	0.52±0.44
	2		0.806	0.57±0.33
	3		0.679	0.56±0.17
	4		0.743	0.58±0.23
	5		0.552	0.49±0.09
	6		0.474	0.44±0.05
Society	7	0.866		0.59±0.38
	8	0.889		0.60±0.41
	9	0.843		0.58±0.37

Table 6 Nomenclature and Meaning of Factors

Factor	Definition
Hospital transaction responsibility	To provide pharmacists with essential working conditions and economic benefits
Pharmacist transaction responsibility	Comply with the rules and regulations of the hospital, obey the management of the hospital, and complete their work
Hospital development responsibility	To provide resource guaranteed for pharmacists’ self-development, actively guide and feedback pharmacists’ work, and stimulate their strengths and potentials
Pharmacist development responsibility	To improve its serviceability, work performance and scientific research ability, strive to improve its professional level and promote the development of work.
Hospital cooperation responsibility	Create an organizational atmosphere, promote cooperation within pharmacist’s hospitals, and provide a harmonious and friendly working atmosphere, so that pharmacists can be supported and recognized.
Pharmacist cooperation responsibility	Actively maintain a close relationship with the organization and create a good atmosphere in the hospital
Hospital concept responsibility	Hospital’s efforts for pharmacists to achieve the mission of medical institutions
Pharmacist concept responsibility	Pharmacists defend the concept of the organization, consistent with the recognition of organizational value, and actively contribute to the mission of pharmacist’s medical institutions.
Government/society responsibility	Government/society responsibility perceived by pharmacists

Table 7 Reliability Test for Hospital Responsibility in Psychological Contract

Test Results			Item	Corrected Item-Total Correlation	Cronbach’s Alpha After Item Deletion
Psychological Contract α = 0.961	Half confidence α1 = 0.924 α2 = 0.951	Transaction α = 0.884	1	0.573	0.962
			2	0.694	0.960
			3	0.712	0.960
			4	0.725	0.960
		Development α = 0.897	5	0.682	0.961
			6	0.699	0.960
			7	0.815	0.958
			8	0.776	0.959
			9	0.796	0.959
		Cooperation α = 0.906	10	0.792	0.959
			11	0.803	0.958
			12	0.818	0.958
		Concept α = 0.933	13	0.762	0.959
			14	0.807	0.958
			15	0.787	0.959
			16	0.803	0.958
			17	0.810	0.958

Table 8 Reliability Test for Pharmacists’ Responsibility in Psychological Contract

Test Results			Item	Corrected Item-Total Correlation	Cronbach’s Alpha After Item Deletion
Psychological Contract α = 0.908	Half confidence α1 = 0.823 α2 = 0.882	Transaction α = 0.865	1	0.673	0.899
			2	0.737	0.897
			3	0.710	0.899
			4	0.672	0.899
		Development α = 0.676	5	0.685	0.898
			6	0.718	0.897
			7	0.304	0.929
		Cooperation α = 0.784	8	0.558	0.903
			9	0.749	0.898
			10	0.644	0.901
		Concept α = 0.850	11	0.710	0.898
			12	0.623	0.901
			13	0.653	0.900
			14	0.705	0.898

Table 9 Reliability Test for Government/Society Responsibility in Psychological Contract

Test Results			Item	Corrected Item-Total Correlation	Cronbach’s Alpha After Item Deletion
Psychological Contract α = 0.934	Half confidence α1 = 0.879 α2 = 0.932	Government α = 0.899	1	0.654	0.934
			2	0.739	0.927
			3	0.731	0.928
			4	0.754	0.926
			5	0.717	0.929
			6	0.813	0.923
		Society α = 0.934	7	0.802	0.924
			8	0.816	0.923
			9	0.786	0.925