Validity Evidences of the Brazilian Version of the Job Crafting Questionnaire

Abstract The Job Crafting Questionnaire is a self-report instrument for assessing job crafting, understood as proactive changes conducted by the individual to modify his own work to adjust it to his motivations, skills and values. Its psychometric properties were investigated in two studies, the first with an online sample of 261 adults and the second with 152 adults, employees of a private organization in the countryside of the state of São Paulo. The results of both studies supported the internal structure of the instrument by means of exploratory techniques (exploratory factor analysis and network analysis) and confirmatory factor analysis. The psychometric performance of the scale was satisfactory in both studies regarding the validity and reliability parameters. The primacy of the cognitive dimension of the construct was observed. We concluded that the Job Crafting Questionnaire is a valid and reliable instrument in the Brazilian context, enabling future research in the area.