Escala de Reajuste del Trabajo: Evidencia de constructo en trabajadores de salud Brasileros y Portugueses

Resumen

Introducción: La desmotivación en el trabajo es un tema sensible para las
empresas, especialmente en actividades laborales donde existe baja calificación, bajos
salarios y poca valoración social. Así surgen los estudios de Job Crafting que se define
como una acción de remodelación informal de las tareas laborales que inciden en la
motivación y construcción de la identidad personal del trabajador, independientemente
de su profesión y sus conocimientos formales. Para verificar el nivel de autonomía en el
trabajo en las dimensiones de tiempo, relaciones humanas y sentido y finalidad del
trabajo, aparece la escala Job crafting. Objetivo: Todavía poco explorado en el contexto
uso-brasileño, este estudio tiene como objetivo verificar la consistencia estructural del
instrumento JCQ a través del análisis de invariancia factorial y compararlo en dos
muestras diferentes (Brasil y Portugal).

Palabras Clave: Job Crafting; Transcultural; Invariancia; Reajuste del Trabajo
Hospital.

Abstract

Introduction: Demotivation at work is a sensitive topic for companies, especially
in labor activities where there is low qualification, low wages and little social
appreciation. Thus arise the studies of Job Crafting which is defined as an informal
remodeling action of work tasks that influence the motivation and construction of the
worker's personal identity, regardless of their profession and their formal knowledge. To
verify the level of autonomy at work in the dimensions of time, human relationships and
the meaning and purpose of work, the Job crafting scale appears. Objective: Still little
explored in the Portuguese-Brazilian context, this study aims to verify the structural
consistency of the JCQ instrument through factorial invariance analyzes and compare it
in two different samples (Brazil and Portugal). Method: The study was carried out with
434 workers from hospitals in two different countries, Brazil (n=212) and Portugal
(n=222), who answered the Work Readjustment scale and sociodemographic data.
Results: It was observed that the factor structure of the scale presented as many factor
scores as psychometric indicators that ensured the quality of the measure, thus being
consistent for the referred sample. Conclusion: Thus, it is an important evaluative
measure in the area of organizational and work psychology when intending to analyze the
dynamics and structure of work. 

Keyword: Job Crafting; Transcultural; Non-variance; Hospital