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Abstract The aim of the research was to translate and validate the 10-item Office Gossip 7-point Likert-Scale by Schmidt (2010) English version to a Spanish version since there were no available studies and instruments to measure workplace gossip in Puerto Rico. The scale was translated using the Brislin’s Back-Translation Method (1986), which two certified translators conducted the translation. The scale Spanish version was administrated to working adults in PR. The sample consisted of 150 participants, 21 years old and older, 41.3% (n = 62) work in the public sector and 58.7% (n= 88) in the private sector. The scale was tabulated using the SPSS computer software to explore the corrected item-scale correlation, reliability analysis, and applied an Exploratory Factor Analysis to select the items of the scale. The results show that the scale Spanish version was constructed into nine items and has a strong (α = .92) similar to the scale English version. Traduccion y Validacion al espanol de la escala Schmidt de chismes en el trabajo en una muestra de trabajadores en Puerto Rico Resumen El objetivo del estudio consistio en traducir y validar La Office Gossip 7-point Scale de Schmidt (2010) version en ingles a una version en espanol. Debido a que no existen estudios e instrumentos para medir el chisme laboral disponibles para Puerto Rico. La escala fue traducida utilizando el Metodo Brislin (1986). Dos traductores certificados en PR llevaron a cabo la traduccion. La version en espanol fue administrada a 150 empleados, mayores de 21 anos de edad y 41.3% (n = 62) del sector publico y 58.7% (n = 88) del sector privado. Se procesaron los datos a traves del software informatico SPSS para explorar la correlacion de los items de la escala y el analisis de la confiabilidad. Se realizo un analisis factorial exploratorio para seleccionar los reactivos de la escala. Los resultados muestran que la version en espanol posee una confiabilidad (α = .92) similar a la version en ingles.

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