Versión en español de la Escala de Percepción sobre Política Organizacional en Puerto Rico

Abstract

The aim of this research was to translate and preliminary validate the Perception of Organizational Politics Scale (POPS), 15-item short version Likert scale by Kacmar and Carlson (1997) from English to Spanish using the Brislin back-translation method and administrate the scale in Puerto Rico. Also, to examine the Cronbach’s alpha of the POPS Spanish version as well as to explore the effects of organizational politics may have on employees in the workplace. The study had a quantitative and a non-experimental transversal design. Two bilingual translators from Puerto Rico translated the scale to Spanish. The sample consisted of 205 participants. The snowball sampling was used to reach the participants. The statistical analysis used to measure the scale was the Alpha Coefficient formula and the Exploratory Factor Analysis to determine which items will remain in the final version. The results showed that the final version of the scale contained 13 items and had a Cronbach’s alpha of .87 and two subscales. The researcher concluded that the POPS Spanish version may be a preliminary valid instrument in Puerto Rico and possesses a strong Cronbach’s Alpha. Another finding was that the variable sector had an effect on employees’ perceptions of organizational politics. Received: 22/12/2016 Accepted: 25/04/2017 How to reference this article: Velez Vega, A. (2017). Spanish version of the Perception of Organizational Politics Scale in Puerto Rico. Revista Interamericana de Psicologia Ocupacional, 35(1), 47-68. Doi: 10.21772/ripo.v35n1a04