ABSTRACT
This paper aims to propose a measurement scale for assessing the adaptive competencies of professionals who work in software teams in Brazil. The scale was developed based on adaptability theory ( Pulakos et al., 2000 Pulakos, E. D., Arad, S., Donovan, M. A.& Plamondon, K. E. (2000). Adaptability in the workplace: Development of a taxonomy of adaptive performance. Journal of applied psychology, 85(4), 612-624. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.85.4.612
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; Baard, Rench, & Kozlowsky, 2014 Baard, S. K., Rench, T. A., & Kozlowski, S. W. (2014). Performance adaptation: A theoretical integration and review. Journal of Management, 40(1), 48-99. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206313488210
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) to address the characteristics of dynamicity, complexity and unpredictability of the context. The construction followed a rigorous process guided by the measurement theory ( Rossiter, 2010 Rossiter, J. R. (2010). Measurement for the social sciences: The C-OAR-SE method and why it must replace psychometrics. Springer Science &Business Media. http://10.1007/978-1-4419-7158-6 ; Costa, 2011 Costa, F. D. (2011). Mensuração e desenvolvimento de escalas: aplicações em administração. Rio de Janeiro: Ciência Moderna. ; Devellis, 2016 DeVellis, R. F. (2016). Scale development: Theory and applications (Vol. 26). Sage publications. ), encompassing qualitative and quantitative stages, including interviews with 14 professionals, face and content validation by 21 experts, a cleaning sample with 233 students, and a second sample with 454 professionals who work in organizations in the technology industry from Brazil to validate the scale. Through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, a reliable and validated scale was obtained, consisting of 29 items linked to seven dimensions: Problem-solving, Emotional control, Self-learning, Seeking help, Resilience, Leadership for coordination and Leadership for cooperation. The proposed scale can contribute to enhancing the understanding of professional performance in software teams.
Keywords
Competencies; Adaptability; Software teams; Measurement scale
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