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Validation for the ecuadorian context of the APO inventory created in Portugal

Abstract:

The APO Inventory was developed in Portugal, to measure different forms of person-organization value congruence. This study aims to validate the Inventory for the Ecuadorian context. For this, the Inventory with 19 questions was used and it was applied to a sample of 133 workers from various organizations. Through factor analysis, items were reduced and were divided into three factors, explaining the 61.68% of the variance. Values for general internal consistency were αgeneral=758, and for each factor were: αfit=.857, αconflict=855; and αrecognition=.855. The differences regarding the same study in Portugal were associated with the number of final items (Portugal=16 items, Ecuador=18 items) and the type of items removed (Portugal=items 1, 5 and 19; Ecuador=item 2). Like the original study, results show the conceptual distinction between variables measured and highlight the use of separate scales.