An assessment and refinement of Jehn's Intragroup Conflict Scale

Jehn (1992, 1994) developed the Intragroup Conflict Scale (ICS) to mneasure two theoretically distinct. dimensions of conflict: relationship and task conflict. In the years since, the ICS has been widely adopted by researchers as a measurement tool for group conflict. However, limited evidence of the scale's psychometric properties has been published. Following guidelines provided by Schwab (1980) mid Hinkin (1995), we assess the construct validity of the scale,,using both individual level mid group level techniques, mid test proposed nomological relationships, using six diverse samples. We conclude that a 6-item version of the original 9-item scale best captures relationship mid task conflict.