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引言:跨文化研究是发展和验证工作和组织理论以及指导全球循证实践的基础。尽管组织氛围是组织心理学中研究最多的高层结构之一,但缺乏对拉丁美洲不同民族文化测量不变性的分析研究。这阻碍了科学家和从业者对构成这个大陆的不同国家和文化的这一变量有更深入的了解。目的:本研究旨在检验Encuesta de Clima Organisational量表VI版(ECO VI)在哥伦比亚、哥斯达黎加、巴拿马的测量不变性,方法:从上述四个国家的38家制造业公司收集数据,样本量如下:哥伦比亚有1007名员工,哥斯达黎加有1090名员工,巴拿马有372名员工,多米尼加共和国有213名员工。通过测试不变性的概念、度量、标量和结构模型来检验测量不变性。结果:实验证明ECO VI量表具有测量不变性。更准确地说,它的8个维度中有6个是不受约束地解释的,可以被认为是在所考虑的民族文化之间进行有意义的比较,而从“资源可用性”和“人际关系”维度产生的产出应该更加谨慎地对待。事实上,对于这样的维度,只发现了确定性和度量不变性的支持。结论:本研究的主要贡献是为ECO VI量表的测量不变性提供了证据。因此,为在不同拉丁美洲国家工作的科学家和从业者群体提供了一个可用于进行跨文化研究的摩尔组织氛围量表。因此,现在有可能更深入地了解如何在构成这个大陆的国家和文化中更好地应用涉及幸福组织氛围的理论和实践。
The ECO VI Organizational Climate Scale: An Invariance Study in Four Latin American Countries.
Introduction: Cross-cultural research is fundamental for the development and validation of work and organizational theories and to guide evidence-based practices around the globe. Although organizational climate is one of the most investigated higher-level constructs in organizational psychology, there is a lack of research analysing the invariance of measurements across national cultures in Latin America. This prevents scientists and practitioners from having a deeper understanding of this variable across the different countries and cultures composing this continent.
Objectives: This study aims at examining the measurement invariance of the Encuesta de Clima Organizacional scale in its VI version (ECO VI) in Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Dominican Republic.
Method: Data were gathered from 38 companies operating in the manufacturing sector based in the four abovementioned countries and the sample sizes were as follows: Colombia was represented by 1007 employees, Costa Rica by 1090 employees, Panama by 372 employees, and Dominican Republic by 213. Measurement invariance was examined by testing the configural, metric, scalar, and structural models of invariance.
Results: The results supported with empirical evidence that the ECO VI scale is characterized by measurement invariance. More precisely, 6 of its 8 dimensions are unbiasedly interpreted and can be considered for making meaningful comparisons across the considered national cultures, while the outputs deriving from the dimensions of "resources availability" and "interpersonal relationships" should be treated with more caution. Indeed, for such dimensions support for only configural and metric invariance was found.
Conclusions: The main contribution of the present study was to provide evidence about the measurement invariance of the ECO VI scale. Thus, providing the community of scientists and practitioners operating in different Latin American countries with a molar organizational climate scale that can be used for conducting cross-cultural research. Hence, it is now possible to have a deeper understanding of how theories and practices involving the organizational climate for well-being can be better applied across the countries and cultures composing this continent.
期刊介绍:
The International Journal of Psychological Research (Int.j.psychol.res) is the Faculty of Psychology’s official publication of San Buenaventura University in Medellin, Colombia. Int.j.psychol.res relies on a vast and diverse theoretical and thematic publishing material, which includes unpublished productions of diverse psychological issues and behavioral human areas such as psychiatry, neurosciences, mental health, among others.