This place is full of it: Towards a bullshit perception scale for organizations.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294120978162

Explanation

In this study, two samples of employees belonging to an organization were used to assess the psychometric properties of the Organizational Bullshit Perception Scale (OBPS).

This scale is designed to recognize and measure the "organizational bullshit" that exists in the workplace. Workplace bullshit is operationalized as individuals within an organization who speak out regardless of the truth, and through analysis there are three factors of organizational bullshit.

Respect for the truth

The boss.

Bullshit words.

The analysis revealed that the three factors are

The three factors are consistent with the existing literature in the field of organizational bullshit, and provided how employees view bullshit in the workplace, the OBPS comprises three subscales that measure these factors.