Propriedades psicométricas da escala de sentido do trabalho em professores do ensino superior

Abstract

Work is one of the central activities in people’s lives. This study aims to examine the structure of a Meanings of Work scale, analyzing its psychometric characteristics. Five point scale, initially, had 24 items related to work meanings was divided in three dimensions pertaining personal, social and organizational domains. It was applied in a sample of 151 private graduation teachers together in northeast of Brasil, with a questionnaire asking about sociodemographic and professional data. The sample consisted of men (44,4%) and women (55,6%), with a mean age 40,52 years (SD=9,37). Of the 24 initial items, 17 were retained with satisfactory communalities. The exploratory factorial analyses revealed three factors: individual dimension, social dimension e organizational dimension, the scale showed good internal consistency, corroborating the theoretical model. The three factors explained 52,23% of the variance. The reliability analysis of the total scale was also satisfactory, with a Cronbach Alpha of 0,89.