Psychometric Properties of the Argentine Version of Proactive Personality Scale

Abstract The proactive personality is a relatively stable tendency to generate changes in the environment to improve it. The aim of this study was to translate, adapt and validate the Proactive Personality Scale of Bateman and Crant in Argentina. A cross-sectional empirical-instrumental design was used on a non-probabilistic sample of 465 workers (54% women, Mage = 34,5 years, SDage = 12,94). Exploratory and confirmatory factorial analyses indicated the adequacy of a unifactorial model with six observable variables (SBχ2 = 2,01; GFI = 0,98; CFI = 0,95; RMSEA = 0,04; AIC = 42,03; ω = 0,82; CR = 0,80). The positive correlations between proactive personality, proactive behaviours, job satisfaction and job involvement indicated appropriate relationship validity with external variables. These results show that the Argentine version of the instrument has adequate psychometric properties in the job context.