A principal component analysis was performed on 70 items from a major measure of integrity given preemployment to confirm a seven-factor solution from a previous study. After an Equamax rotation of the initial factor matrix, seven components replicated those of the initial study. The components were General Theft, Pervasiveness, Opportunism, Employee Theft, Leniency, Employee Discounting, and Association. The seven components illustrate the multidimensional nature of the construct of integrity. Inspection of results suggests both general and situationally specific dimensions to integrity.
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