The Revised Compound Psychological Capital Scale (CPC-12R): Validity and cross-cultural invariance in an organizational context

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Authors

PROCHÁZKA Jakub KACMAR Pavol LEBEDOVÁ Tereza DUDÁŠOVÁ Ludmila VACULÍK Martin

Year of publication 2024
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
Web https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01135-6
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01135-6
Keywords Psychological capital; Psychometric analysis; Organizational context; Cross- cultural study
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Description This study aims to validate the revised Compound Psychological Capital scale (CPC-12R) which is a recently published inventory for measuring psychological capital across contexts. The data from three representative samples of employees from the U.S. (n = 456), the Czech Republic (n = 966), and Slovakia (n = 965) revealed a weak measurement invariance across the three cultures, a high internal consistency of all subscales and a good fit of the data to the theoretical model of psychological capital. The data obtained by means of the English version of the CPC-12R showed a very strong correlation with the established Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ), medium to strong positive correlations with work engagement, job satisfaction and positive affect, and a weak negative correlation with negative affect. Therefore, this study demonstrates the reliability and factorial, concurrent and convergent validity of CPC-12R in the context of organizations. The study also provides indicative norms for measuring psychological capital in three populations and refers to the limitations of the CPC-12R, in particular, the very small residual variance in first-order factors and the lack of strong invariance across cultures, which prevents a meaningful comparison of factor means across countries.
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