Handbook of Organization Measurement
Negative Affect
construct.negative_affect
§2The established instruments
What the field already uses — named and cited, not reproduced (item wording is copyrighted and withheld pending clearance).
- Positive and Negative Affect Measure (Emotional Well-Being) — Keyes and Magyar-Moe (chapter context); items described as commonly used measures
- Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness (MUNSH) — Kozma & Stones (1980)
- Affect Balance Scale — Bradburn (1969)
- Affectometer 2 — Kammann & Flett (1983)
§3The math on what we know
Synthesized priors from the live registry: pooled r, studies (k), total N, top study grade, and heterogeneity. Rows flagged for heterogeneity or single-study evidence are directional, not settled — read them as a central tendency.
What negative affect predicts
| Outcome | r | k | N | Grade | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emotional Exhaustion | +0.54 | 1 | 50 | A | single study |
| Job Satisfaction | −0.34 | 1 | 50 | A | single study |
| Turnover Intention | +0.29 | 1 | 50 | A | single study |
| Counterproductive Work Behaviours | +0.26 | 1 | 50 | A | single study |
| Task Performance | −0.15 | 1 | 50 | A | single study |
| Organizational Citizenship Behavior OCB | −0.13 | 2 | 100 | A | coherent |