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Spanish Validation of the Shorter Version of the Workplace Incivility Scale: An Employment Status Invariant Measure

Workplace Incivility (WI) occurs worldwide and has negative consequences on individuals and organizations. Valid and comprehensive instruments have been used, specifically in English speaking countries, to measure such adverse process at work, but it is not available a validated instrument for resea...

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Autores principales: Di Marco, Donatella, Martínez-Corts, Inés, Arenas, Alicia, Gamero, Nuria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6008770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29951021
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00959
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author Di Marco, Donatella
Martínez-Corts, Inés
Arenas, Alicia
Gamero, Nuria
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Martínez-Corts, Inés
Arenas, Alicia
Gamero, Nuria
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description Workplace Incivility (WI) occurs worldwide and has negative consequences on individuals and organizations. Valid and comprehensive instruments have been used, specifically in English speaking countries, to measure such adverse process at work, but it is not available a validated instrument for research carried out in Spanish speaking countries. In this study we aim to test the psychometric properties of the Matthews and Ritter’s four-item Workplace Incivility Scale (2016) with Spanish workers (N = 407) from different sectors. Participants’ mean age was 38.73 (SD = 10.45) years old and the percentage of female employees was 59.2%. Confirmatory factor analysis using AMOS 19.0 was carried out, presenting a good fit. The internal consistency, convergent and concurrent validity of the scale were examined. Results show good scale reliability and expected high correlations with social undermining. Moreover, the scale related to propensity to leave a job, job satisfaction, and psychological well-being in the expected way. After configural invariance across groups was established, testing for metric invariance and scalar invariance was performed. Considering Δχ(2) and ΔCFI tests for two nested models, the 4-item scale was invariant when the employment status is considered (permanent vs. temporal, full-time vs. part-time, and supervisor vs. non-supervisors). Overall, our findings showed good psychometric properties of the shorter version of the WIS in Spain. Theoretical and practical implications of this study are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-60087702018-06-27 Spanish Validation of the Shorter Version of the Workplace Incivility Scale: An Employment Status Invariant Measure Di Marco, Donatella Martínez-Corts, Inés Arenas, Alicia Gamero, Nuria Front Psychol Psychology Workplace Incivility (WI) occurs worldwide and has negative consequences on individuals and organizations. Valid and comprehensive instruments have been used, specifically in English speaking countries, to measure such adverse process at work, but it is not available a validated instrument for research carried out in Spanish speaking countries. In this study we aim to test the psychometric properties of the Matthews and Ritter’s four-item Workplace Incivility Scale (2016) with Spanish workers (N = 407) from different sectors. Participants’ mean age was 38.73 (SD = 10.45) years old and the percentage of female employees was 59.2%. Confirmatory factor analysis using AMOS 19.0 was carried out, presenting a good fit. The internal consistency, convergent and concurrent validity of the scale were examined. Results show good scale reliability and expected high correlations with social undermining. Moreover, the scale related to propensity to leave a job, job satisfaction, and psychological well-being in the expected way. After configural invariance across groups was established, testing for metric invariance and scalar invariance was performed. Considering Δχ(2) and ΔCFI tests for two nested models, the 4-item scale was invariant when the employment status is considered (permanent vs. temporal, full-time vs. part-time, and supervisor vs. non-supervisors). Overall, our findings showed good psychometric properties of the shorter version of the WIS in Spain. Theoretical and practical implications of this study are discussed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6008770/ /pubmed/29951021 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00959 Text en Copyright © 2018 Di Marco, Martínez-Corts, Arenas and Gamero. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title_full Spanish Validation of the Shorter Version of the Workplace Incivility Scale: An Employment Status Invariant Measure
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title_short Spanish Validation of the Shorter Version of the Workplace Incivility Scale: An Employment Status Invariant Measure
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6008770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29951021
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00959
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