Construct Validity and Reliability of the Work Environment Assessment Instrument WE-10

Rudy de Barros Ahrens, Luciana da Silva Lirani and Antonio Carlos de Francisco
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Rudy de Barros Ahrens: Department of Business, Faculty Sagrada Família (FASF), Ponta Grossa, PR 84010-760, Brazil
Luciana da Silva Lirani: Department of Health Sciences Center, State University Northern of Paraná (UENP), Jacarezinho, PR 86400-000, Brazil
Antonio Carlos de Francisco: Department of Industrial Engineering and Post-Graduation in Production Engineering, Federal University of Technology—Paraná (UTFPR), Ponta Grossa, PR 84017-220, Brazil

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 20, 1-12

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to validate the construct and reliability of an instrument to assess the work environment as a single tool based on quality of life (QL), quality of work life (QWL), and organizational climate (OC). The methodology tested the construct validity through Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and reliability through Cronbach’s alpha. The EFA returned a Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin (KMO) value of 0.917; which demonstrated that the data were adequate for the factor analysis; and a significant Bartlett’s test of sphericity ( χ² = 7465.349; Df = 1225; p ≤ 0.000). After the EFA; the varimax rotation method was employed for a factor through commonality analysis; reducing the 14 initial factors to 10. Only question 30 presented commonality lower than 0.5; and the other questions returned values higher than 0.5 in the commonality analysis. Regarding the reliability of the instrument; all of the questions presented reliability as the values varied between 0.953 and 0.956. Thus; the instrument demonstrated construct validity and reliability

Keywords: work environment; research instrument; quality of life; quality of work life; organizational climate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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