Validation of an instrument to measure the improvement of individual performance in small and medium-sized companies in Mexico
Abstract
The present paper analyzes psychometric properties of a self-made instrument to measure individual performance based on Gilbert’s BEM. This research is quantitative, descriptive, correlational, causal; cross-sectional, using exploratory factor analysis and principal component analysis with Varimax orthogonal rotation. Empirical support was obtained by using a randomly stratified sample of 297 Mexican companies of Sonora State. The questionnaire – named DOPT- proved adequate to assess relevant organizational factors of human performance that could guide organizational performance policies accordingly. Its 40 items assess organizational level achieved in the following areas: Aims and objectives, Feedback, Task support, Incentives, Knowledge/Competences, Context, Sanctions, and Work processes. Psychometric properties results are commented in the light of commented literature about current overall organizational assessment and corporate longevity. In addition, organizational performance areas are discussed under a timing perspective defining mapping and tracing loops of organizational performance management.
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Hair, J.F., Black, W.C., Babin, B.J., Anderson, R.E. & Tatham, R. (2010). Multivariate data analysis. Pearson ed.
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Queipo, B. y Useche, M. (2002). El desempeño laboral en el departamento de mantenimiento del Ambulatorio la Victoria. Revista de Ciencias Sociales, 8(3), 486-496.
Quintero, N., Africano, N., & Faria, E. (2008). Clima Organizacional y Desempeno Laboral del Personal Empresa Vigilantes Asociados Costa Oriental del Lago. Negotium. Revista de ciencias gerenciales, (9), 33-51. https://www.scirp.org/reference/referencespapers?referenceid=3103825
Rothwell, W.J., Hohne, C.K., King, S.B. (2007). Human performance improvement. Building practitioner competence. A volume in improving human performance. Butterworth-Heinemann. Elsevier Inc.
Rummler, G.A. & Brache, A.B. (1995). Improving performance: how to manage the white space on the organization chart. Jossey-Bass.
Vásquez, T. M. C. (2014). Modelo de Gestión de Desempeño Individual a un Distrito de Riego. (Tesis doctoral). Instituto tecnológico de Sonora. Obregón.
Weitzman, F. & Chermack, T.J. (2013). Success and failure using scenario planning to enhance organisational longevity. International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning, 9(2), pp.81–92.
Weitzman, F. (2014). Organizational longevity as a predictor of organizational learning, organizational identity, organizational innovation, and fiscal conservatism. https://mountainscholar.org/items/ba70b9e0-9a50-42a5-92cc-2501ce2b14c8
Weiztman, F. (2014). Organizational longevity as a predictor of organizational learning, organizational identity, organizational innovation, and fiscal conservatism. Doctoral Thesis Dissertation. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
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2024-06-03
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Vasquez-Torres, M. del C., García Revilla, M. R., Corral Coronado, Z. I., & Flores López, J. G. (2024). Validation of an instrument to measure the improvement of individual performance in small and medium-sized companies in Mexico. Revista Venezolana De Gerencia, 29(107), 1318-1333. https://doi.org/10.52080/rvgluz.29.107.22
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