Abstract
Resumo Esta pesquisa avaliou a estrutura fatorial e a adequação psicométrica da Escala de Competências Profissionais para Policiais (ECPP). Após o desenvolvimento do instrumento de medida, realizado em três etapas junto a policiais e doutores dos campos de psicologia e administração, realizou-se uma etapa quantitativa com amostra de 916 policiais militares. As análises fatoriais exploratórias e confirmatórias apontaram uma estrutura bidimensional de 16 itens. O primeiro fator (competências comportamentais) está relacionado a aspectos que envolvem relações complexas entre habilidades relativas ao indivíduo e atitudes enquanto o segundo (competências técnicas) se refere a conhecimentos e habilidades necessários para o bom desempenho de atividades no serviço policial. Os resultados suportam a estrutura e apontam consistência interna e validade psicométrica adequada.
Highlights
In recent years, within the studies on organizational behavior, the notion of competence has reached great prominence due to the interest of researchers and organizations (Brandão, 2009, 2017; Santos, 2012, 2018)
The operationalization of the professional performance measurement by competences was based on the method proposed by Faiad et al (2012) for the professional profile and competencies survey in police institutions, and in the of competency mapping, performed by Senasp (2012), measured in terms of competence domain, supported by the competences considered of greatest importance
Several studies have shown the use of competences for measuring work performance (Brandão, 2009; Brandão et al, 2012a, 2012b; Carbone et al, 2005; Santos, 2012, 2018), but none of them were directed to the police public
Summary
Within the studies on organizational behavior, the notion of competence has reached great prominence due to the interest of researchers and organizations (Brandão, 2009, 2017; Santos, 2012, 2018). There are hypotheses and assumptions about this phenomenon developed by administration or psychology theories, empirical studies that present valid, accurate and reliable measures or, in other words, that are psychometrically adequate, are scarce (Brandão, 2009), especially when considering public administration (Santos, 2012, 2014) In this sector, in Brazilian police institutions (Nascimento, 2014), research in the area of assessment is needed in order to identify the causes and consequences of police behavior, aiming to develop and improve competent performances (Pasquali, Moura, & Freitas, 2010). Studies about competence assist in making organizational processes viable, such as strategic planning, and in the elaboration of policies and practices for personnel management, that is, training, improvement and performance evaluation (Faiad, Coelho, Caetano, & Albuquerque, 2012; Nascimento, 2014; Pasquali et al, 2010)
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