Survey Respondents
As mentioned previously, the data used for this analysis came from 807 public employees who selfidentified as managers and professionals with pay grades typically associated with that type of work (at or above salary grade 18).5 The majority of respondents identified themselves as male (63.5 percent) and Caucasian (90.8 percent). On average, the sample respondents had worked for the agency for 16 years, with seven years of tenure in their current positions. Salary grade provided a measure of organizational level and responsibility. Approximately two-thirds of the respondents (68.2 percent) reported themselves at salary grades 18-25, which represent low- to mid-level professionals, while the remaining one-third (31.8 percent) were at the senior management or executive levels (salary grades 26-M4).
Results and Findings
Psychometric Properties of the Measures
Table 2 reports reliability estimates for each of the seven study measures included in the analysis, as well as the zero-order correlations between them. Reliability estimates (Cronbach's alpha) for the study measures