Assessing Positive Organizational Culture: Psychometric Properties of the POCS.

IF 3.5 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psicothema Pub Date : 2025-06-01 DOI:10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.23

Javier Barría-González, Jaime García-Fernández, Ricardo Pérez-Luco, Álvaro Postigo

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Abstract

Background: The Positive Organizational Culture construct is a set of shared practices, values, and behaviors within an organization that promote healthy and motivating working environments. This study develops a new scale called the Positive Organizational Culture Scale (POCS) to assess how organizational values affect well-being and work performance.

Method: The sample consisted of 1,420 workers in Chile, with an average age of 39.48 years (SD = 11.13). Over half (55.0%) worked in the public sector, 34.5% worked in private organizations, and 10.5% worked in private non-profit organizations. The study examined item descriptions, the scale's internal structure, its measurement invariance regarding sex and organization, and its relationship with other psychological variables (organizational climate, professional burnout, psychosomatic symptomatology).

Results: The POCS showed a good fit to a correlated two-factor structure (People-Oriented Culture and Results-Oriented Culture; CFI = .94; RMSEA = 0.08), demonstrating measurement invariance regarding sex and type of organization. The findings show that the POCS has 36 items exhibiting satisfactory psychometric properties and a structure consisting of two first-order factors, which exhibit distinct associations with the other recorded variables.

Conclusions: The POCS provides relevant information for formulating actions aimed at enhancing the work environment in the Chilean context.

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评估积极的组织文化：POCS的心理测量特性。

背景：积极的组织文化构建是指组织内一系列共同的实践、价值观和行为，这些实践、价值观和行为促进了健康和激励的工作环境。本研究开发了一种名为积极组织文化量表（POCS）的新量表来评估组织价值观如何影响幸福感和工作绩效。方法：样本由1420名智利工人组成，平均年龄39.48岁（SD = 11.13）。超过一半（55.0%）的人在公共部门工作，34.5%的人在私营机构工作，10.5%的人在私营非营利机构工作。研究考察了量表的项目描述、量表的内部结构、量表在性别和组织方面的测量不变性，以及量表与其他心理变量（组织氛围、职业倦怠、心身症状学）的关系。结果：企业绩效评价与“以人为本”和“以结果为导向”的双因素结构相适应；Cfi = .94；RMSEA = 0.08)，证明了关于组织性别和类型的测量不变性。结果表明，POCS有36个项目具有满意的心理测量特征，其结构由两个一阶因子组成，并与其他记录变量表现出明显的关联。结论：POCS为制定旨在改善智利工作环境的行动提供了相关信息。

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Psicothema PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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6.50

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16.70%

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24 weeks

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