Construct validity of a global scale for Workplace Social Capital based on COPSOQ III.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Workplace Social Capital has been suggested as a useful concept when addressing organizational and social factors of the work environment. The overall aim of the present study is to establish and evaluate the construct validity of a measure of Workplace Social Capital based on the operationalization suggested in the third version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial questionnaire.

Methods

The present study is based on data collected as part of a validation and development project for the use of the Swedish version of COPSOQ at workplaces and includes responses from 1316 human service workers answering a workplace survey. Six items from scales for organizational justice, vertical trust and horizontal trust in COPSOQ III were included in the analyses. Rasch Analys

SUBMITTER: Berthelsen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6715184 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature