PSYCHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE INSTRUMENT FOR MINISTRY OF HEALTH PERSONNEL IN PERU

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the instrument that measures the organizational climate in the personnel of public health centers of the Ministry of Health of Peru. Materials and methods: Instrumental type study, 104 workers from the Regional Health Directorate of Ica participated, selected by non-probabilistic sampling by disposition. We performed variability and correlation analysis of the items, an exploratory factorial analysis (AFE) to assess the internal structure of the scale and confirmatory factorial analysis (AFC) that included the method of maximum robust likelihood estimation; finally we evaluated the reliability of the instrument with Cronbach's Alpha. Results: The findings confirm item variability indices from 0.41 to 0.89; with item-total correlation values from 0.28 to 0.64; confirmatory factor analysis showed a three-dimensional structure for the sub-variable organizational culture explaining 71.58% of the total variance; four dimensions for organizational design explaining 70.41% of the total variance and four dimensions for the sub-variable human potential, explaining 67.42% of the total variance. Goodness-of-fit indices were not ideal in the models analyzed. The internal consistency of the global scale showed an acceptable index (α=0.88) and the sub-variables organizational culture (α=0.75); organizational design (α=0.67) and human potential (α=0.81). Conclusions: The instrument presents an undefined factorial model in its internal structure, however it can be used in future research and validation studies