ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Organizational Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1689559
This article is part of the Research TopicResignation and Strategic Retention: Shaping the Future WorkforceView all 10 articles
Development and Validation of the Organizational Health Behavior Index (OHBI): A Mixed-Methods Instrument for Measuring Organizational Health
Provisionally accepted
- 1Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 2Organizational Culture and Internal Communication, ICM, Amjad Watan, Riyadh 12312,, Riyadh 12312, Saudi Arabia
- 3Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal, India
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Background: Organizational health is crucial to promote employees' well-being, sustainable performances, and long-term survival; existing tools are, however, frequently unidimensional and have been developed without consideration for the organizational context. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to construct and validate the Organization Health Behavior Index (OHBI), a composite measure that includes quantitative and qualitative domains. Methods: A sequential mixed-methods design was used to survey 7,548 workers in various Saudi industries. Subscale A (Quantitative) comprised Awareness, Appreciation, Relations, Engagement, and Communication Satisfaction, which were validated through EFA, CFA, and reliability. Subscale B (Qualitative) included Organizational Culture, Employee Persona, and Voice, which were analyzed for theme, inter-rater reliability, and expert triangulation. Results: CFA revealed a good fit (CFI = 0.960, TLI = 0.950, RMSEA = 0.053) with factor loadings > 0.70 and reliability α ≥ 0.707. Criterion-related validity demonstrated strong correlations (r = 0.75–0.83) with an existing model. The second aim we accomplished was to enhance our results by measuring employee-induced cultural perceptions (subscale B). Conclusion: The OHBI is a reliable multidimensional measure of organizational health, providing both theoretical and practical value. Future validation work in other contexts is suggested.
Keywords: Organizational health, Awareness, appreciation, relations, engagement, and Communication Satisfaction, Organizational Culture, Employee Persona
Received: 20 Aug 2025; Accepted: 07 Oct 2025.
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* Correspondence: Dr Rahila Ali, rahila.ali@jlu.edu.in
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