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GARCIA-SAISO, Alejandra; ORTEGA-ANDEANE, Patricia  e  REYES-LAGUNES, Isabel. Adaptation and Psychometric Validation of the Moos' Work Environmental Scale (WES) in Mexico. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2014, vol.4, n.1, pp.1370-1384. ISSN 2007-4719.

The objective of this research was to generate a standardized that assessed organization social climate in Mexican population. Was used The Work Environmental Scale, Spanish version (Moos, 2008), to be adapted. The scale include 90 items, with six options for answers. The scale was applied to 490 Mexican employees in order to obtain its psychometrical validation. The distribution was as follow: age between 18 and 66; 261 women and 229 men; diverse school levels. A proper analysis took place in order to learn about the items discriminative power, reliability and valid factorial structure for the Mexican worker population. The final scale was conformed by 18 items organized by three factors and one indicator as follow: 1) work environment, 2) physical aspects of the work place, 3) organization rules and regulations and 4) the change indicator.

Palavras-chave : Organizational Social Environment; Work Place Context and Environment; Cultural Relevance; Psychometrical Validation; Private and Public Organizations.

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