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Elsa Peña-Suárez1, José Muñiz1, Ángela Campillo-Álvarez1, Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero2 and Eduardo García-Cueto1
1 Universidad de Oviedo and
2 Universidad de La Rioja
Background: Organizational climate is the set of perceptions shared by workers who occupy the same workplace. The main goal of this study is to develop a new organizational climate scale and to determine its psychometric properties. Method: The sample consisted of 3,163 Health Service workers. A total of 88.7% of participants worked in hospitals, and 11.3% in primary care; 80% were women and 20% men, with a mean age of 51.9 years (SD= 6.28). Results: The proposed scale consists of 50 Likert-type items, with an alpha coefficient of 0.97, and an essentially one-dimensional structure. The discrimination indexes of the items are greater than 0.40, and the items show no differential item functioning in relation to participants’ sex. A short version of the scale was developed, made up of 15 items, with discrimination indexes higher than 0.40, an alpha coefficient of 0.94, and its structure was clearly one-dimensional. Conclusions: These results indicate that the new scale has adequate psychometric properties, allowing a reliable and valid assessment of organizational climate.
Evaluación del clima organizacional: propiedades psicométricas de la Escala CLIOR. Antecedentes: el clima organizacional es el conjunto de percepciones que comparten los trabajadores de un determinado ámbito laboral. El objetivo central de este trabajo es la construcción de una nueva escala para evaluar el clima organizacional y el estudio de sus propiedades psicométricas. Método: la muestra estaba formada por 3.163 trabajadores del ámbito sanitario, un 88,7% trabajaban en hospitales y un 11,3% en servicios de Atención Primaria. Un 80% eran mujeres y un 20% hombres, con una edad media de 51,9 años y una desviación típica de 6,28. Resultados: la escala construida está formada por 50 ítems tipo Likert, con un coeficiente alfa de 0,97 y una estructura esencialmente unidimensional. Los índices de discriminación de los ítems son todos superiores a 0,40, y ninguno de los ítems muestra un funcionamiento diferencial respecto al sexo. Se desarrolló una versión corta de la escala de 15 ítems, con índices de discriminación superiores a 0,40, coeficiente alfa de 0,94 y estructura unidimensional. Conclusiones: los resultados obtenidos indican que la nueva escala desarrollada tiene unas propiedades psicométricas adecuadas, permitiendo una evaluación fiable y válida del clima organizacional.
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https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2012.260