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Anales de Psicología
On-line version ISSN 1695-2294Print version ISSN 0212-9728
Abstract
BARRIA-GONZALEZ, Javier et al. Assessing Organizational Climate: psychometric properties of the ECALS Scale. Anal. Psicol. [online]. 2021, vol.37, n.1, pp.168-177. Epub June 21, 2021. ISSN 1695-2294. https://dx.doi.org/10.6018/analesps.37.1.417571.
Background:
Organizational Climate (OC) is a basic construct in work and organizational environments, since it allows exploration of individual and group behaviours within organizations. The object of the present study was to develop a new scale called the Subjective Work Environment Organizational Climate Scale (Escala de Clima Organizacional del Ambiente Laboral Subjetivo - ECALS) for the Chilean context.
Method:
The sample consisted of 1,442 employees, mean age 39.48 years (SD= 11.13). A total of 55% were public employees, 34.5% were employees in commercial private organizations and 10.5% belonged to not-for-profit private organizations. Different exploratory factorial analyses were applied and the best exploratory model was tested in a confirmatory factorial analysis. We also analysed whether differences existed in the dimensions of ECALS between employees belonging to the different types of organization.
Results:
The scale consists of 38 items with adequate psychometric properties and a bifactorial structure, with one general factor (OC) and five specific dimensions (Organizational trust, Job strain, Social support, Reward and Job satisfaction).
Conclusions:
The results indicate that the new scale has adequate psychometric properties, providing reliable, valid evaluation of the organizational climate in the Chilean context.
Keywords : Organizational climate; Psychometric properties; Evaluation; Bifactor.