Portuguese version of Bern Illegitimates Task Scale: adaptation and evidence of validity
Abstract Background A new element for job stress called Illegitimate Tasks has been investigated in recent years, along with stress as an offense to self-theory. Illegitimate tasks are those that are either needless or unrelated to the employee's role and can be categorized as unreasonable task...
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| author | Paula C. Neves Cláudia Andrade Rui Paixão José Tomás da Silva |
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| description | Abstract Background A new element for job stress called Illegitimate Tasks has been investigated in recent years, along with stress as an offense to self-theory. Illegitimate tasks are those that are either needless or unrelated to the employee's role and can be categorized as unreasonable tasks and unnecessary tasks. Methods This study aimed to adapt the Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale to Portuguese and provide evidence of its validity, through a confirmatory factor analysis with a sample of 472 workers from different sectors. Results The internal consistency, of the whole scale, measured by Cronbach’s alpha, was 0.923 and 0.902 and 0.928 for the unnecessary tasks and, for unreasonable tasks subscales respectively. The confirmatory analysis supported a two-factor model and showed good to very good indexes of fit (CFI = 0.985; TLI = 0.997; SRMR = 0.035; RMSEA = 0.171). Discussion The Portuguese version of the Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale presents very good psychometric properties for the intended measurement goals and can now be used in research with Portuguese speaking samples. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3faf4a1f9f324ae685f89b6206bd78a92023-01-29T12:25:04ZengBMCBMC Psychology2050-72832023-01-011111810.1186/s40359-023-01061-1Portuguese version of Bern Illegitimates Task Scale: adaptation and evidence of validityPaula C. Neves0Cláudia Andrade1Rui Paixão2José Tomás da Silva3Coimbra Education School, Research Group in Social and Human Sciences (NICSH), Polytechnic of CoimbraCoimbra Education School, Research Group in Social and Human Sciences (NICSH), Polytechnic of CoimbraCentre for Social Studies, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of CoimbraCentre for Social Studies, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of CoimbraAbstract Background A new element for job stress called Illegitimate Tasks has been investigated in recent years, along with stress as an offense to self-theory. Illegitimate tasks are those that are either needless or unrelated to the employee's role and can be categorized as unreasonable tasks and unnecessary tasks. Methods This study aimed to adapt the Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale to Portuguese and provide evidence of its validity, through a confirmatory factor analysis with a sample of 472 workers from different sectors. Results The internal consistency, of the whole scale, measured by Cronbach’s alpha, was 0.923 and 0.902 and 0.928 for the unnecessary tasks and, for unreasonable tasks subscales respectively. The confirmatory analysis supported a two-factor model and showed good to very good indexes of fit (CFI = 0.985; TLI = 0.997; SRMR = 0.035; RMSEA = 0.171). Discussion The Portuguese version of the Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale presents very good psychometric properties for the intended measurement goals and can now be used in research with Portuguese speaking samples.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01061-1Bern Illegitimate Tasks ScaleIllegitimate tasksPsychometric propertiesValidity |
| spellingShingle | Paula C. Neves Cláudia Andrade Rui Paixão José Tomás da Silva Portuguese version of Bern Illegitimates Task Scale: adaptation and evidence of validity BMC Psychology Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale Illegitimate tasks Psychometric properties Validity |
| title | Portuguese version of Bern Illegitimates Task Scale: adaptation and evidence of validity |
| title_full | Portuguese version of Bern Illegitimates Task Scale: adaptation and evidence of validity |
| title_fullStr | Portuguese version of Bern Illegitimates Task Scale: adaptation and evidence of validity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Portuguese version of Bern Illegitimates Task Scale: adaptation and evidence of validity |
| title_short | Portuguese version of Bern Illegitimates Task Scale: adaptation and evidence of validity |
| title_sort | portuguese version of bern illegitimates task scale adaptation and evidence of validity |
| topic | Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale Illegitimate tasks Psychometric properties Validity |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01061-1 |
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