A Scale Development Study: Reliability and Validity Study of the Organizational Anomie Scale

Abstract

Anomie is a word originating from Greek., with “an” meaning absence/lack and nomos meaning rule (Zoghbi & Rodriguez, 2007). Anomie refers to the situation where the structure containing the previous rules has disappeared and the structure containing the new rules is not able to fully form due to the changes occurring in a society or a group (Mansfield, 2004). Individuals are said to face anomie when they fail to encounter sufficient moral constraints, namely when they have no clear understanding of what are appropriate and acceptable behaviors (Ritzer, 1992). The concept of anomie is a sociological concept that has appeared. This concept refers to the deterioration of social values, ethical rules, and social structure as well as the loss of social institutions’ functionality (Allport, 2016).