Cronbach alpha coefficient for the information sharing index was 0.88. The
job security index covering four items has been evaluated with the same rating system used in other HR practices in
this study, based on the five-part Likert scale. Some of the items are: "individuals working in this job may hope to
stay in the organization for as long as they wish", and "in case the bank experiences financial troubles, the
employees will be the last ones to lose their jobs" Cronbach alpha coefficient for the job security ndex was 0.80.
For the organizational commitment factor the (Timothy et al. 2001) measure has been used. There were sixteen
items based on the five-part Likert scale and they were graded between (1) I completely disagree and (5) I
completely agree. Some of the exemplary items: "I have a high level of feeling of belonging to the organization I
work for" "I'm proud to work in this organization". Cronbach alpha coefficient for this index was 0.85.