Factor Structure of Working Conditions Questionnaire

The Working Conditions Survey was designed and applied as a tool for assessing psychosocial components of work environment in serving people organizations. 1252 professionals of health care (medical and nursing) and of higher education respectively employed in hospitals and in universities from seve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Blanch, Josep Maria, Sahagún, Miguel, Cervantes, Genís
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid
Repositorio:Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
OAI Identifier:oai:journals.copmadrid.org:jwop/art/tr2010v26n3a2
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.5093/tr2010v26n3a2
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:condiciones de trabajo, estructura factorial, riesgo psicosocial, factores psicosociales, fiabilidad
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Sumario:The Working Conditions Survey was designed and applied as a tool for assessing psychosocial components of work environment in serving people organizations. 1252 professionals of health care (medical and nursing) and of higher education respectively employed in hospitals and in universities from several Latin American countries, answered this questionnaire. This tool includes series of closed items organized according to a theoretical model that configures working conditions around a three-way relationship of the organization with the method, with the environment and with the person. A principal component analysis showed the existence of six factors in the questionnaire, grouped in three pairs of scales, all showing a remarkable internal consistency with high Cronbach’s a values. The psychometric study indicates that the questionnaire faithfully reproduces the structure of the proposed theoretical model.