Work self-efficacy scale and search for work self-efficacy scale: A validation study in spanish and italian cultural contextes

• Autores: Silvia Pepe, Maria Luisa Farnese, Francesco Avalone, Michele Vecchione
• Localización: Revista de psicología del trabajo y de las organizaciones = Journal of work and organizational psychology, ISSN 1576-5962, Vol. 26, Nº 3, 2010, págs. 201-210
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5093/tr2010v26n3a4
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Escala de autoeficacia en el trabajo y escala de autoeficacia para la búsqueda de empleo: Estudio de validez en contextos culturales español e italiano
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  • español

    El objetivo de este artículo fue analizar la estructura factorial y la comprobación de la invarianza (configuración, métrica y residual) en dos contextos sociales diferentes: español e italiano. WSES está compuesta por 10 ítems que evalúan las creencias de eficacia sobre las actividades laborales; SWSES está compuesta por 12 ítems que evalúan las creencias de eficacia para hacer frente a situaciones diferentes en la búsqueda de trabajo. La muestra incluye 658 jóvenes de Italia y de España (20-26 edad). Los resultados fueron examinados a través de un análisis factorial confirmatorio multigrupo revelando que puede asumirse invarianza factorial en la configuración y la métrica, al tiempo que sugiere que pueden hacerse las comparaciones de las relaciones entre los factores latentes y las variables externas para España e Italia.

  • English

    The aim of the current article was to investigate the psychometric properties of two self-efficacy scales ? the Work Self-Efficacy Scale (WSES) and Search for Work Self-Efficacy Scale (SWSES) ? and their measurement invariance (configural, metric, and residual) across two different cultural contexts: Spanish and Italian. The WSES was measured by 10 items assessing perceived work capability, while the SWSES was measured by 12 items assessing perceived capability to manage and cope with different situations in the search for a job. The sample included 658 young adults from Italy and Spain (20-26 years of age). Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis reveal that both configural and metric invariance can be assumed, suggesting that meaningful comparisons of the relations between latent factors and external variables can be made across Spain and Italy.

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