An expressed intention to migrate does not necessarily mean that a SHW will eventually leave, but the scale of this intention contrasts starkly with the comments by our key informants on the marked decline in SHW migration.
Data included the Communication Satisfaction Questionnaire (Downs & Hazen, 1977) (translated in Dutch and validated by a factor analysis and pilot tested), the scale 'Turnover intention' of the Questionnaire on the Experience and Evaluation of Labour (Van Veldhoven & Meijman, 1994) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach et al., 1996).
An strength of intention scale with a zero mid point was constructed by subtracting four from responses to the 7-point scale (-3 to 3) and three from the 5-point scale (-2 to 2).
There are two possible methods of measuring entrepreneurial intention: applying dual scale (yes/no) or measuring the degree of intention (5-point Likert scale).
The first 2 items of the scale measure strength of intentions to initiate breastfeeding and subsequent items assess strength of intentions to be breastfeeding exclusively at 1, 3 or 6 months.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to include variables from the RBD Scale as predictors of intentions to quit smoking in an Indigenous population.
Therefore five new items were written to create an eight-item scale with the intention of improving reliability.
We scored each behavior on a three-point scale: 0 for no evidence of intention, 1 for possible/ambiguous intention, and 2 for clear evidence of intention.
Immediately post consultation, patients will complete: a DQM, an adaptation of other decision quality scales (13 item scale of knowledge, preferences and intention) [ 24]; Visual Analogue Score (1 item scale of pain severity) [ 22]; and the REALM-R reading exercise (8 items) [ 21].
The Behavioral Intentions Scale of Organizational Citizenship (BISOC) was developed with the aim of creating an instrument that allows for the measurement of behavioral intentions of organizational citizenship.
This instrument, called Behavioral Intentions Scale of Organizational Citizenship (BISOC), differs from others currently available in the literature as it measures behavioral intentions, which are better predictors of behavior than attitudes (Ajzen and Fishbein 1977).
