An Intercultural Translation and Psychometric Analysis of 18-item Spirituality at Work Questionnaire
Keywords:
Health Workers, Psychometrics, Questionnaire Design, Spirituality TranslationAbstract
For downloading the full-text of this article please click here.
Background and Objective: Spirituality in job is a new topic but with a limited theoretical-scientific development in organizational literature. The importance of this issue and its impact on work efficiency call for a proper instrument for evaluation purposes. Longevity and incomprehensiveness of some of the questionnaires motivated the authors to provide an Intercultural Translation and psychometric analysis of the standard comprehensive instrument of Spirituality at Work.
Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, English version of Spirituality at Work scale, adopted from Val Kinjersk’s study, was used as the main instrument. An attempt was made to complete English-to-Persian translation as well as to provide cultural conformities using the Wild pattern and recursive translation method and retranslation phases, respectively. Afterwards, face validity was performed based on 10 experts’ views and 18 accessible samples and then reliability and validity of the questionnaire were examined and internal correlation was determined in a cross-sectional study on 393 health workers. Construct validity was assessed with a sample size of 268 people through factor analysis. In this study, all the ethical considerations have been observed and no conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Results: To determine construct validity, principal components analysis was performed using Varimax rotation method, in which 70.31% of total variance was explained by two factors. Its face validity was also desirable. In assessing the questionnaire’s reliability using internal consistency method, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was found to be 96%, which ranged from 78% to 91% for the subscales. There was a high correlation among subscales of this questionnaire (0/82-0/97).
Conclusion: The questionnaire had good consistency and the high correlation between the subscales is indicative of a god cultural consistency in translation of the questionnaire. The questionnaire of Spirituality at Work, which aimed at assessing the experience of spirituality in job based on individuals’ experience of spirituality and workplace morale has proper construct validity and face validity.For downloading the full-text of this article please click here.
Please cite this article as: S, Tavafian SS, Wagner J, Jamshidi AR, Mohammadi-Valadani A. An Intercultural Translation and Psychometric Analysis of 18-item Spirituality at Work Questionnaire. Journal of Pizhūhish dar dīn va salāmat. 2020;5(4):114-126. https://doi.org/10.22037/jrrh.v5i4.22349
References
Duchon D, Plowman DA. Nurturing the spirit at work: Impact on work unit performance. The leadership quarterly. 2005;16(5):807-33.
Tan G. Towards a holistic framework in fostering spirituality at work. International Conference on Advances in Management; 19-22 July 2006; Lisbon: Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business. 2006.
Milliman J, Czaplewski AJ, Ferguson J. Workplace spirituality and employee work attitudes: An exploratory empirical assessment. Journal of organizational change management. 2003;16(4):426-47.
Guillory WA. The living organization: Spirituality in the workplace: Innovations International A Guide for Adapting to the Chaotically Changing Workplace. Salt Lake City, UT; 2000.
Karakas F. Spirituality and performance in
organizations: A literature review. Journal of business ethics. 2010;94(1):89-106.
Singh S. The Impact of Workplace Spirituality on Employees’ Productivity and their Wellbeing. Global Journal of Enterprise Information System. 2019;11(1):54-63.
Miller DW, Ewest T, Neubert MJ. Development of the integration profile (TIP) faith and work integration scale. Journal of Business Ethics. 2018:1-17.
Kinjerski VM, Skrypnek BJ. Defining spirit at work: Finding common ground. Journal of organizational change management. 2004;17(1):26-42.
Kinjerski V, Skrypnek BJ, editors. Measuring the Intangible: Development of the Spirit at Work Scale. Academy of Management Proceedings; 2006: Academy of Management.
DuBay M, Watson LR. Translation and cultural adaptation of parent-report developmental assessments: Improving rigor in methodology. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. 2019;62:55-65.
Wild D, Grove A, Martin M, Eremenco S, McElroy S, Verjeeâ€Lorenz A, et al. Principles of good practice for the translation and cultural adaptation process for patientâ€reported outcomes (PRO) measures: report of the ISPOR Task Force for Translation and Cultural Adaptation. Value in health. 2005;8(2):94-104.
Afrasiabifar A, Yaghmaei F, Abdoli S, Abed SZ. Research tool translation and cross-cultural adaptation. Journal of Shahid Beheshti School of Nursing & Midwifery. 2006;16(54):67-58.
Pashandi S, Khaghanizade M, Ebadi A. Review of translation and cultural adaptation process of questionnaires. Education Strategies in Medical Sciences. 2009;2(3):117-20.
Rode N. Translation of measurement instruments and their reliability: An example of job-related affective well-being scale. Metodoloski zvezki. 2005;2(1):15.
Panczyk M, Iwanow L, Zarzeka A, Jaworski M, Gotlib J. Communication skills attitude scale: a translation and validation study in asample of registered nurses in Poland. BMJ open. 2019;9(5):e028691.
Wang W-L, Lee H-L, Fetzer SJ. Challenges and strategies of instrument translation. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 2006;28(3):310-21.
Sperber AD. Translation and validation of study instruments for cross-cultural research. Gastroenterology. 2004;126:S124-S8.
Sheep ML, editor Nailing down gossamer: A valid measure of the person-organization fit of workplace spirituality. Academy of Management Proceedings; 2004: Academy of Management.
Joelle M, Coelho A. Adding a new dimension to the spirituality at work concept: Scale development and the impacts on individual performance. Management Decision. 2019.
Csikszentmihalyi M. The flow experience and its significance for human psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press; 1988.
Yadav RS, Maheshwari S. Spirituality at Workplace: As Seen by Indian Managers. Indian Journal of Industrial Relations. 2019;54(3).
Published
Issue
Section
License
Under Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing (June 20, 2003), cience-research Journal of Pizhūhish dar dīn va salāmat are fully compliant with open access mandates, by publishing its articles under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Authors retain copyright of their work and can deposit their publication in any repository. This means that articles can be freely reused by the author and others as long as the article is properly cited. Published articles in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Journals can be deposited immediately into an online repository without any cost. This articles can be, printed, archived in a collection, included in course-packs, and distributed without restrictions. Please read the full Creative Commons License for further information.
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
