%0 Journal Article
%T Extending Discourse of Renewal to Preparedness: Construct and Scale Development of Readiness for Renewal
%A Ashley McNatt
%A Jeanette B. Ruiz
%A Robert R. Ulmer
%A Ryan P. Fuller
%J Management Communication Quarterly
%@ 1552-6798
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0893318919834333
%X This study developed the construct of readiness for renewal in organizations and evaluated its underlying psychometric properties. We drew on Discourse of Renewal theory to develop, pilot, and refine a scale through three studies with full-time employees whose organizations recently experienced crises. Study 1 established a two-factor structure that included ethical communication and effective organizational rhetoric. Using confirmatory factor analysis in Study 2, we replicated the two-factor solution. Because of a high correlation between factors, we modified the model to include a higher order factor predicting the two lower order factors. Study 3 translated the questionnaire and replicated findings from Study 2 with full-time employees in Mexico. The resulting 15-item instrument in English and Spanish can be used by researchers and practitioners interested in assessing precrisis readiness through the Discourse of Renewal
%K crisis management
%K discourse of renewal
%K scale development
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0893318919834333