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Psychometric Properties of the Argentine Version of Proactive Personality Scale

Abstract

The proactive personality is a relatively stable tendency to generate changes in the environment to improve it. The aim of this study was to translate, adapt and validate the Proactive Personality Scale of Bateman and Crant in Argentina. A cross-sectional empirical-instrumental design was used on a non-probabilistic sample of 465 workers (54% women, Mage = 34,5 years, SDage = 12,94). Exploratory and confirmatory factorial analyses indicated the adequacy of a unifactorial model with six observable variables (SBχ2 = 2,01; GFI = 0,98; CFI = 0,95; RMSEA = 0,04; AIC = 42,03; ω = 0,82; CR = 0,80). The positive correlations between proactive personality, proactive behaviours, job satisfaction and job involvement indicated appropriate relationship validity with external variables. These results show that the Argentine version of the instrument has adequate psychometric properties in the job context.

Keywords:
proactivity; personality; statistical validity

Universidade de São Francisco, Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Psicologia R. Waldemar César da Silveira, 105, Vl. Cura D'Ars (SWIFT), Campinas - São Paulo, CEP 13045-510, Telefone: (19)3779-3771 - Campinas - SP - Brazil
E-mail: revistapsico@usf.edu.br