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Rev Mex Invest Psic 2012; 4 (1)

CAdT -30: Factor structure and preliminary study of reliability of the withdrawal behavior scale

Boada-Grau J, Macip-Simó S, Gil-Ripoll C, Vigil-Colet A, Agulló TE, Medina CR

Language: Spanish
References: 71
Page: 2-13
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ABSTRACT

This paper analyzes the psychometric properties of a scale (CAdT-30) developed with the purpose of detecting effort decreases, lateness and absences at the job. With this purpose we administered a pool of 74 items related to job absenteeism which were administered to 356 qualified and non qualified workers belonging to different trades. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a four factor structure consisting of masking of personal situations, legally justified absences, lateness and unjustified absences and unjustified use of company resources. In order to get a shorter scale we selected the 30 items with best loadings on these four factors. The resulting scale showed good reliability values. Taking it intoaccount the CAdT-30 scale may be a tool of great value to assess job withdrawal behaviors.


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