Perceived Opportunities to Craft Scale: adaptation and evidence of the construct validity of the Brazilian version

• Main Authors: Rita Pimenta de Devotto, Clarissa Pinto Pizarro de Freitas, Solange Muglia Wechsler
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SpringerOpen 2020-09-01
• Series: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
• Subjects: Perceived opportunity to craft; Job crafting; Occupational self-efficacy; Work engagement; Workaholism; Validation
• Online Access: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41155-020-00158-5
• ISSN: 1678-7153

Abstract Employees’ perceived opportunities to craft (POCs) influence actual job crafting behavior, which may have consequences for their well-being and work performance. This study aimed to validate the perceived opportunities to craft scale (POCS) in the Brazilian context. We collected data from Brazilian employees (N = 1451) in two separate samples. The factor structure, reliability, and convergent validity of the POCS were tested using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA), and external variables. The results indicated that the POCS-Brazilian version (with seven-point and five-point Likert scale) replicated the unidimensional structure of the original instrument. POCs showed significant positive and moderate correlations with occupational self-efficacy, work engagement and job crafting, and negative associations with workaholism. Both POCS-Brazilian versions were reliable according to three types of reliability indexes and also showed discriminant and convergent validity evidence.