Table II.
Items of national identity judgments and motivational postures
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National identity judgments (1 = do not agree at all to 7 = agree completely), r = 0.86 / 0.79 |
M Wave1 |
SD Wave1 |
M Wave2 |
SD Wave2 |
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Being a member of the Australian community is important to me. |
5.81 | 1.19 | 6.35 | 1.13 | |
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I feel a sense of pride in being a member of the Australian community. |
5.80 | 1.26 | 6.31 | 1.12 | |
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Motivational Postures (MP) - Deference (1=strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree), Cronbach’s alpha = 0.74 / 0.76 |
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| MP Commitment | Overall, I pay my tax with good will. | 3.90 | 0.77 | 3.97 | 0.83 |
| I resent paying tax. (reversed) | 3.57 | 0.98 | 3.58 | 1.03 | |
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I think of taxpaying as helping the government do worthwhile things. |
3.52 | 0.96 | 3.60 | 1.01 | |
| Paying tax is the right thing to do. | 4.00 | 0.60 | 4.11 | 0.69 | |
| Paying my tax ultimately advantages everyone. | 3.73 | 0.84 | 3.88 | 0.88 | |
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| MP Capitulation |
The Tax Office is encouraging to those who have difficulty meeting their obligations through no fault of their own. |
3.05 | 0.88 | 2.95 | 0.96 |
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If you cooperate with the Tax Office, they are likely to be cooperative with you. |
3.66 | 0.74 | 3.72 | 0.85 | |
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The tax system may not be perfect, but it works well enough for most of us. |
3.41 | 0.89 | 3.40 | 0.95 | |
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Motivational Postures (MP) - Defiance (1=strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree), Cronbach’s alpha = 0.65 / 0.67 |
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| MP Resistance |
The Tax Office is more interested in catching you for doing the wrong thing, than helping you do the right thing. |
3.15 | 1.02 | 3.26 | 1.08 |
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Once the Tax Office has you branded as a noncompliant taxpayer, they will never change their mind. |
3.04 | 0.80 | 3.14 | 0.85 | |
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As a society we need more people willing to take a stand against the Tax Office. |
2.72 | 0.87 | 2.76 | 1.03 | |
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| MP Dis- engagement |
I don’t care if I am not doing the right thing by the Tax Office. | 2.01 | 0.78 | 1.96 | 0.85 |
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If I find out that I am not doing what the Tax Office wants, I’m not going to lose any sleep over it. |
2.56 | 0.84 | 2.56 | 0.88 | |
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| MP Game- playing |
I like the game of finding the grey area of tax law. | 2.38 | 0.97 | 2.33 | 0.95 |
| I enjoy talking to friends about loopholes in the tax system. | 2.21 | 0.86 | 2.22 | 0.91 | |
| I enjoy the challenge of minimizing the tax I have to pay. | 2.76 | 0.87 | 2.90 | 0.99 | |