Validation of the Job Crafting Scale in Latin American Workers

In this study, the psychometric properties of the Spanish version (Bakker et al., 2018) of the Job Crafting scale of Tims et al. (2012), was analyzed in a Latin American population. We applied the scale to a sample of 903 employees (42.6% women & 57.4% men) from Colombia and Ecua-dor. Reliability and validity were examined. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed an adequate fit both in Colombia (CFI = .916, TLI = .900, IFI = .917, RMSEA = .060) and in Ecuador (CFI = .918, TLI = .903, IFI = .919, RMSEA = .064), in the four-factor structure of the original scale. Evidence of validation, related to criterion for psychological well-being for the dimensions of increasing structural resources and increasing challenging demands, was found. The Spanish version of the scale demon-strates its usefulness for research in the Latin American context. © 2022 Editum. Universidad de Murcia (Spain).

• Autores: Gutiérrez, Oscar Iván; Del Río Gaitán, Juan David; Vargas, Alba Ruth; Zumárraga Espinosa, Marcos; Ramírez Ocaña, Ximena; Segovia Marín, Valeria; Calderín Salgado, Lina Margarita
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad de Ibagué
• Repositorio: Repositorio Universidad de Ibagué
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unibague.edu.co:20.500.12313/5456
• Acceso en línea: https://revistas.um.es/analesps/article/view/472261
• Palabra clave: Trabajadores latinoamericanos - Escala de desarrollo; Trabajadores latinoamericanos - Validación de escalas; Trabajadores latinoamericanos - Bienestar psicológico; Trabajadores latinoamericanos - Proactividad; Job crafting; Scale validation; Job-demand resources theory; Psychological well-being; Proactivity
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2