Principia

Principia CC — Power Distance

Principia (generated) · 2026 · Power Distance — The extent to which a person accepts and expects that power and authority are distributed unequally within the organization.

Principia CC Instrument · license CC0-1.0 · calibration pending
L1-generated (PRN-157): LLM-authored from construct + design rules + public-domain exemplars; passed the item-quality linter (≥B) + anti-derivative novelty gate. NOT yet empirically calibrated (PRN-158). Design-quality gated, not yet empirically validated — reliability and validity are earned from data. Pilot it via POST /api/v1/methods/item-calibration to calibrate.

Anatomy

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Fig. Principia CC — Power Distance → its items → the construct(s) they measure. Click a construct to follow it.

Measures this construct

Items

Each item shows its design grade (item-quality linter) and keying. Discrimination/difficulty appear once the instrument is calibrated on pilot data.

  1. I believe that leaders should have more authority than regular employees. grade A (positive-keyed)
  2. I feel comfortable questioning decisions made by my superiors. grade A (reverse-keyed)
  3. Power differences in my organization are necessary for efficiency. grade B (positive-keyed)
  4. I often seek input from my team before making decisions. grade A (reverse-keyed)
  5. I accept that management has the final say in most matters. grade A (positive-keyed)
  6. I value open discussions, even with those in charge. grade A (reverse-keyed)
  7. Hierarchy in the workplace helps to maintain order. grade A (positive-keyed)
  8. I prefer a collaborative approach to decision-making. grade A (reverse-keyed)
  9. It is important to respect the authority of my leaders. grade B (positive-keyed)
  10. I feel that all employees should have equal influence on decisions. grade A (reverse-keyed)

Reliability & validity

Reliability
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Validity
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Items measuring this instrument

No canonical survey items linked to this instrument yet. Item-level dedup (PRN-050) derives canonical items from instruments that carry sample_items[]; coverage fills as the curator enriches instrument rows with item text.

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