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Just a quick thought here …

I was wondering why the items in the BI-survey are all positively formulated?

If I understand the theory correctly, it would seem that perceived misalignment would be a more powerful predictor?

(easier to keep promises rather rectify a broken promise)

I cannot find the exact reason for this in the literature.

I may not have been clear in my previous post.

I am not referring to a mixture of positive & negative but rather letting the PBI consist of all negative items.

My reasons for suggesting this are theoretical rather than methodological: is  perceived misalignment not going to be a better predictor than perceived alignment?

Is it not more theoretical sound to measure promises broken than promises kept.

In most of the articles I read I find referral to perceived misalignment as having determental effects while perceived alignment just serves the status quo.