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Table 3

Organizational defensive routine factor loading (organizational component)

	Factor
	Organizational cover-up	Organizational pretense
CU13: When things go wrong in my organization, nobody stands up to take responsibility	0.79
CU15: My organization gives mixed messages	0.74
CU14: My organization has too many rigid rules and regulations	0.54
CU3: The majority of our meetings last a long time and deal with trivial issues	0.44
OPRET7: Playing it safe seems to be a common activity in my organization		0.68
OPRET4: Most of my organization’s decisions are not influenced by the discussion during meetings		0.59
OPRET1: Most of the time the major decisions in my organization are already made before a meeting actually takes place		0.53
OPRET9: Subtle and covert controlling actions are typically taken in my organization		0.47

Cronbach’s alpha	0.72	0.67

	Factor
	Organizational cover-up	Organizational pretense
CU13: When things go wrong in my organization, nobody stands up to take responsibility	0.79
CU15: My organization gives mixed messages	0.74
CU14: My organization has too many rigid rules and regulations	0.54
CU3: The majority of our meetings last a long time and deal with trivial issues	0.44
OPRET7: Playing it safe seems to be a common activity in my organization		0.68
OPRET4: Most of my organization’s decisions are not influenced by the discussion during meetings		0.59
OPRET1: Most of the time the major decisions in my organization are already made before a meeting actually takes place		0.53
OPRET9: Subtle and covert controlling actions are typically taken in my organization		0.47

Cronbach’s alpha	0.72	0.67

Note(s): N = 207. Principle Axis Factor and Oblimin rotation were used. Loadings lower than 0.30 were omitted