Measuring Organizational Climate: an evaluation proposal for psychologists in the industrial-organizational field

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33539/avpsicol.2022.v30n1.2520

Keywords:

work environment, reliability, operators, validity

Abstract

 The purpose of this paper is to build and review the psychometric properties of the Brief Work Climate Scale (EBCL), therefore, an instrument comprised of 15 items in its initial version was designed, which had a Likert-type response scale with 5 alternatives, of which only 13 items had content-based validity evidence due to an Aiken’s V greater than .80, with probability of statistical significance (p < .05). The final version was applied to two sample groups (n1 = 121; n2 = 126) of employees at the operational level of two companies related to the grocery sales sector in Metropolitan Lima. In the first sample, the exploratory factorial analysis was reviewed with a Pearson correlation matrix, demonstrating the existence of two well-defined models (two oblique factor model and one-dimensional model), the first factor explained 55.4% of the accumulated variance and the second 49.1%. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed with the second sample group, in such a way that the two models mentioned above and a bifactor model were compared, identifying that the goodness-of-fit indices were not satisfactory to confirm any predominant model; however, there is adequate reliability in the reaction-effect dimension of the worker (α = .91, ω = .90) and company factors (α = .82, ω = .86); as well as for the one-dimensional model (α = .92, ω = .94). The results show that the EBCL Scale has adequate evidence of psychometric properties.

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Author Biographies

Diego Bernardo Chirio Aldazabal, Universidad Autónoma del Perú

Licenciado en Psicología, egresado de la Maestría en psicología con mención clínica y de la salud, estudios de doctorado en Psicología, diplomado en investigación en ciencias del comportamiento, especialidad en terapia de lenguaje. Director del Centro Coverant

Miguel Ángel Basauri Delgado, Universidad Autónoma del Perú

Licenciado en Psicología por la Universidad Autónoma del Perú, egresado de la maestría en Psicología con mención clínica y de la salud, estudios de doctorado en psicología, investigador en Centro Coverant.

Amador Fernando Colonia Zevallos, Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón - Lima, Perú

Licenciado en Psicología, con formación clínica en psicoterapia cognitivo conductual, egresado de la  Maestría en psicología con mención clínica y de la salud, estudios de doctorado en Psicología, colaborador en el área de investigación del Centro Coverant

Published

2022-06-15

How to Cite

Chirio Aldazabal, D. B., Basauri Delgado, M. Ángel, & Colonia Zevallos, A. F. . (2022). Measuring Organizational Climate: an evaluation proposal for psychologists in the industrial-organizational field. Avances En Psicología, 30(1), e2520. https://doi.org/10.33539/avpsicol.2022.v30n1.2520