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      The Work Agentic Capabilities (WAC) Questionnaire: validation of a new measure Translated title: El Cuestionario de Capacidades Agénticas en el Trabajo: validación de una nueva medida

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          ABSTRACT Agentic capabilities refer to the basic capabilities of mind that, according to social cognitive theory, allow people to proactively influence their functioning and external context. This study presents a new scale, namely the Work Agentic Capabilities (WAC) questionnaire, that consists of 28 items and measures forethought capability, self-regulation capability, self-reflection capability and vicarious capability in the organizational context. Accordingly, an exploratory (N = 290) and a confirmatory factor analysis (N = 300) demonstrated a four-factor structure. Agentic capabilities were positively correlated with psychological capital and its dimensions i.e., self-efficacy, hope, optimism and resiliency), positive job attitudes (work engagement and job satisfaction), proactive organizational behaviours (job crafting and organizational citizenship behaviours), perceived job performance, and promotion prospects. Finally, we discuss meaningful differences in the mean values of agentic capabilities associated with sociodemographic and organizational variables. Results suggest that the WAC questionnaire can be reliably used to measure agentic capabilities.

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          RESUMEN Las capacidades agénticas aluden a aquellas capacidades de la mente que según la teoría social cognitiva permiten a las personas influir de un modo proactivo en su funcionamiento y en el contexto externo. El presente estudio presenta una nueva escala, el cuestionario de Capacidades Agénticas en el Trabajo (WAC, por sus siglas en inglés), compuesto de 28 ítems que mide la capacidad de previsión, autorregulación, autorreflexión y vicaria en el contexto organizativo. Un estudio con análisis factorial exploratorio (N = 290) y confirmatorio (N = 300) descubrió una estructura de cuatro factores. Las capacidades agénticas correlacionaban positivamente con el capital psicológico y sus dimensiones (es decir, esperanza, optimismo y resiliencia), las actitudes laborales positivas (engagement y satisfacción en el trabajo), la percepción del desempeño laboral y las perspectivas de promoción. Por último abordamos las diferencias significativas de los valores medios de las capacidades agénticas asociadas a las variables sociodemográficas y organizativas. Los resultados indican que el cuestionario WAC puede utilizarse de modo fiable para medir las capacidades agénticas.

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                Journal
                rpto
                Revista de Psicología del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones
                Rev. psicol. trab. organ.
                Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Madrid (Madrid, Madrid, Spain )
                1576-5962
                2174-0534
                2020
                : 36
                : 3
                : 195-204
                Affiliations
                [01] Rome orgnameSapienza University of Rome Italy
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                S1576-59622020000300002 S1576-5962(20)03600300002
                10.5093/jwop2020a19
                6622e273-1656-4568-8496-0cfbd2bf7fd1

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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                : 12 February 2020
                : 17 August 2020
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                Teoría social cognitiva,Measurement,Agentic capabilities,Validation,Validación,Medidas,Social cognitive theory,Capacidades agénticas

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