Psychometric Evidence of the Work Intention Inventory

Abstract

Work intentions consist of mental representations of future behaviors based on one's assessment of his or her current work experience. This study aimed to translate, adapt, and gather initial evidence of internal structure validity and correlations with external variables of the short form of the Work Intention Inventory among Brazilian workers. The sample consisted of 422 male and female Brazilian workers (57.5% male), from 16 to 68 years of age (M = 31.1; SD = 11.3), who responded to the Work Intention Inventory, the Organizational Citizenship Behavior Scale, the Work Role Performance Scale, and the Turnover Intention Scale. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the correlated five-factor adjusted model achieved the best-fit indices. Positive correlations were found concerning work intentions, citizenship behavior, and work role performance. Negative correlations were found regarding turnover intentions. The study concluded that the instrument has good psychometric characteristics. Its use is, therefore, recommended for future research and diagnosis of work intentions. Resumen Las intenciones de trabajo consisten en representaciones mentales de comportamientos futuros basadas en la evaluación de la experiencia actual sobre el propio trabajo. El objetivo del estudio es traducir, adaptar y reunir evidencias iniciales de validez de estructura interna y de relaciones con variables externas de la versión reducida del

mediación de la pasión armoniosa por el trabajo en la relación entre el liderazgo de servicio y las intenciones laborales: Un estudio longitudinal

“…It presents seven items (example of one item "My work is in harmony with the other activities of my life"), to be answered on seven-point Likert scales, ranging from totally disagree (1) to totally agree (7). In the Scale of Passion for Work, the model's adjustment indexes were χ²(gl)=171.70( 76 Work intentions were assessed using the reduced version of the Work Intent Inventory (Nimon & Zigarmi, 2015), validated for the Brazilian context by Pereira and Ferreira (2020). This version consists of 15 items, distributed in five dimensions, to be answered on a 6-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 = no extension to 6 = throughout the extension.…”