Adaptação transcultural da Workplace Deviance Scale (WDS) para o contexto brasileiro

Dentre o grupo de comportamentos organizacionais relacionados ao desempenho no trabalho existem aqueles denominados contraproducentes, ou seja, que causam danos ou prejuizos a organizacao e aos diferentes colaboradores (colegas, clientes, fornecedores, entre outros). Tendo em vista o crescente interesse social e cientifico pelo tema e a carencia de pesquisas no contexto brasileiro, a proposta deste estudo e descrever o processo de adaptacao transcultural e o estudo psicometrico de uma escala para avaliacao de comportamentos contraproducentes no ambiente de trabalho denominada Workplace Deviance Scale (WDS). Para tanto, foram seguidas as recomendacoes preconizadas na literatura sobre adaptacao de instrumentos de medida e levantadas as primeiras evidencias de validade (semântica, estrutura interna e convergente). Para alcancar os objetivos propostos, foram realizados dois estudos. O primeiro contemplou a adaptacao e o levantamento de validade semântica, e o segundo, a analise psicometrica da versao adaptada. Participaram do primeiro estudo tres especialistas e uma amostra de trabalhadores (n = 20). Para o estudo psicometrico, foram coletados dados (n = 467) em meio eletronico e presencial. Foi estabelecida equivalencia entre as versoes original e adaptada com evidencias de validade semântica. Evidencias de validade baseada na estrutura interna e convergente foram alcancadas. Dois, entre tres indices de precisao estimados, foram satisfatorios. A versao brasileira da referida escala passou a ser intitulada WDS-BR. Palavras-chave: Adaptacao cultural; comportamentos contraproducentes no trabalho; analise fatorial. Among the group of organizational behaviors related to job performance are those called counterproductive, i.e., that cause damage or harm to the organization and colleagues (co-workers, clients, suppliers, etc.). Considering the growing social and scientific interest in the subject and the lack of research in the Brazilian context, the aim of this study is to describe the process of cross-cultural adaptation and the psychometric study of a scale for assessment of counterproductive behaviors in the workplace, called the Workplace Deviance Scale (WDS). To do so, the recommendations outlined in the literature on adaptation of measurement instruments were followed, and primary evidence of validity (semantic, internal and convergent structure) was investigated. To achieve the proposed objectives, two studies were conducted. The first one included the adaptation and semantic validity survey, and the second study, the psychometric analysis of the adapted version. The first study had three specialists and a sample of workers (n = 20). For the psychometric study, data were collected (n = 467) electronically and in-person. Equivalence was established between the original and adapted versions with evidence of semantic validity. Evidence of validity based on internal and convergent structure was found. Among three estimated precision indexes, two were satisfactory. The Brazilian version of the scale became entitled WDS-BR.