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Spanish Adaptation of the Structural Empowerment Scale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2013

María J. Jáimez Román  and
Francisco D. Bretones
María J. Jáimez Román
Affiliation:
Universidad de Granada (Spain)
Francisco D. Bretones*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Granada (Spain)
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*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Francisco Díaz Bretones. Universidad de Granada. Departamento de Psicología Social. Campus de la Cartuja s/n. 18071. Granada (Spain). E-mail: fdiazb@ugr.es
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Abstract

The present study’s objective is to create a Spanish adaptation of the Conditions of Work Effectiveness Questionnaire II (CWEQ-II) by Laschinger, Finegan, Shamian, and Wilk (2004) in order to measure structural empowerment in an organizational context. To do so, this study was conducted in two distinct phases. In the first, a group of experts carried out a back-translation of the questionnaire and in the second phase, we analyzed the questionnaire’s internal structure (through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis) and external validity. The resulting Spanish version of the questionnaire (CWEQ-S) demonstrated/exhibited good factor structure and good psychometric properties as far as reliability and validity are concerned.

Keywords

structural empowermentpsychometricstest validitywork climatework effectiveness
Type
Research Article
Information
The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 16 , 2013 , E15
Copyright
Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2013 

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