TY - JOUR
T1 - International risk and preceived environmental uncertainty: The dimentionality and internal consistency of Miller's measure
AU - Brouthers, K.D.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Increasingly, scholars have suggested that there is a need to approach the problem of international risk from a multidimensional perspective [Brouthers 1995; Miller 1993; Shan 1991]. Miller [1992, 1993] developed and tested the most comprehensive framework to date. Miller [1993] showed high inter-rater reliability in his measure of Perceived Environmental Uncertainty (PEU). In this paper we test the dimensionality of the scales from a statistical viewpoint and find that the statistical determination is reasonably consistent with Miller’s conceptual determination. We also investigate Miller’s measure by comparing scales, conceptualized by Miller, with ones determined by factor analysis. We test the reliability of these scales and find that the conceptualized scales have generally high internal consistency in samples of both manufacturing and service firms. However, the findings also suggest that several changes in the PEU measure are warranted, resulting in a refinement of Miller’s measure, which we have labeled PEU 2. © 1996, Academy of International Business. All rights reserved.
AB - Increasingly, scholars have suggested that there is a need to approach the problem of international risk from a multidimensional perspective [Brouthers 1995; Miller 1993; Shan 1991]. Miller [1992, 1993] developed and tested the most comprehensive framework to date. Miller [1993] showed high inter-rater reliability in his measure of Perceived Environmental Uncertainty (PEU). In this paper we test the dimensionality of the scales from a statistical viewpoint and find that the statistical determination is reasonably consistent with Miller’s conceptual determination. We also investigate Miller’s measure by comparing scales, conceptualized by Miller, with ones determined by factor analysis. We test the reliability of these scales and find that the conceptualized scales have generally high internal consistency in samples of both manufacturing and service firms. However, the findings also suggest that several changes in the PEU measure are warranted, resulting in a refinement of Miller’s measure, which we have labeled PEU 2. © 1996, Academy of International Business. All rights reserved.
U2 - 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490144
DO - 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490144
M3 - Article
SN - 0047-2506
VL - 27
SP - 571
EP - 587
JO - Journal of International Business Studies
JF - Journal of International Business Studies
IS - 3
ER -