ABSTRACT
A work behavior study can be effective only to the extent to which the items actually evaluated are meaningful for and pertinent to the respondents. The iterative, multiphase process used in this study was implemented successfully with this criterion in mind. Literally every person in the counseling profession had the opportunity to contribute work behaviors for consideration for inclusion, and literally hundreds of professional counselors had the opportunity to provide input about the forms of the items to be included in the survey. Factor analysis was the primary data analytic technique used in this study, and the results of the factor analyses were clear and meaningful. Of particular significance is that the orthogonal and oblique solutions for both the FREQUENCY and IMPORTANCE data sets were essentially similar. Relatedly, although a relatively high factor loading criterion was used, the emergence of five highly similar factors in both the FREQUENCY and IMPORTANCE data sets attests to the distinctiveness of the item clusters.
