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Work Climate Scale in Emergency Services: Abridged Version

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  • José Antonio Lozano-Lozano

    (Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Instituto Iberoamericano de Desarrollo Sostenible, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago 7500912, Chile)

  • Salvador Chacón-Moscoso

    (Departamento de Psicología Experimental, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Sevilla, 41018 Sevilla, Spain
    Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago 7500138, Chile)

  • Susana Sanduvete-Chaves

    (Departamento de Psicología Experimental, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Sevilla, 41018 Sevilla, Spain)

  • Francisco Pablo Holgado-Tello

    (Departamento de Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento y de la Salud, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

This study is based on a 40-item work climate scale in hospital emergency services (WCSHES). Teams working in these emergency services experience a heavy workload and have a limited amount of time with each patient. COVID-19 has further complicated these existing issues. Therefore, we believed it would be helpful to draft an abridged version of the 40-item WCSHES, considering both validity and reliability criteria, but giving greater weight to validity. One hundred and twenty-six workers between the ages of 20 to 64 (M = 32.45; standard deviation (SD = 9.73)) years old participated voluntarily in the study. The validity, reliability, and fit model were evaluated in an iterative process. The confirmatory factor analysis yielded appropriate global fit indices in the abridged 24-item version ( Χ 2 (248) = 367.84; p < 0.01, RMSEA = 0.06 with an interval of 90% from 0.05 to 0.07, SRMR = 0.08, GFI = 0.9, AGFI = 0.96, CFI = 0.98, NFI = 0.95, and NNFI = 0.98), along with test criteria validity ( ρ XY = 0.68, p < 0.001) and excellent reliability (α = 0.94 and ω = 0.94), maintaining the same conceptualization and usefulness of the original scale. The abridged 24-item version was used to measure four work climate factors (work satisfaction, productivity/achievement of aims, interpersonal relations, and performance at work). Evidence of the usefulness of the new abridged scale is provided along with a description of our study limitations and future areas for development.

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  • José Antonio Lozano-Lozano & Salvador Chacón-Moscoso & Susana Sanduvete-Chaves & Francisco Pablo Holgado-Tello, 2021. "Work Climate Scale in Emergency Services: Abridged Version," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(12), pages 1-16, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:12:p:6495-:d:576050
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