The present paper aimed to develop and analyze the psychometric characteristics of a Brazilian instrument designed to identify the values and practices that shape the culture of an organization. Based on the content analysis of interviews with directors or managers from various enterprises, the initial version of the scale was composed of 126 affirmatives, Likert format, and was presented to 823 members from different organizations. The principal factor analysis axis with oblique rotation done separately in the total amount of items related to the values and to the organizational practices revealed that a four factor structure and a three factor structure, respectively, were the best representations of the scales. The internal consistency indexes, calculated by Cronbach’s Alpha coefficients, ranged between .74 and .93. It was concluded that the psychometric characteristics of the instrument indicate its adoption in Brazilian investigations, as a tool for the evaluation of organizational culture.
Organizational culture; Organizational values perception; Organizational practices perception
