Transversal and Professional Skills Self-Efficacy Scale: Cultural Adaptation and Evidence of Validity
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Transversal and Professional Skills Self-Efficacy Scale: Cultural Adaptation and Evidence of Validity Alyane Audibert 1 & Diana Aguiar Vieira 2 Manoela Ziebell de Oliveira 4
& Alexsandro
Luiz De Andrade 3
&
# Associação Brasileira de Psicologia 2020
Abstract Today, the preparation for working life and lifelong career management is becoming increasingly demanding challenges. Hence, in recent years, transversal competences have become more important. The aim of this paper is to present the adaptation study to the Brazilian context of the Transversal and Professional Skills Self-Efficacy Scale (TPS-SE), originally developed in Portugal. The sample consists of 658 Brazilians, 85.7% women. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis procedures were performed, and the final model presented satisfactory adjustment ratios, offering an alternative version with a general factor, and confirming the three-factor structure of the original scale, which assesses confidence in the ability to perform (1) personal and interpersonal skills in the workplace, (2) complex personal skills, and (3) transversal technical skills. It can be concluded that TPS-SE_Br can be used in intervention and research contexts, either in the form of general indicators, clustered in dimensions or in an individual item analysis. Keywords Statistical validity . Self-efficacy . Competence . Professional development
In the twenty-first century work context, both the preparation for working life in the initial stages of one’s career and lifelong individual career management are increasingly demanding challenges (Duarte et al. 2010). In that context, factors like globalization and rapid technological growth and evolution have influenced the type of professional
* Alyane Audibert [email protected]
1
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, ESPM-Sul, Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
2
ISCAP, CEOS.PP, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto Portugal
3
Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória Brazil
4
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre Brazil
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competences that is required (Kotter 1996; Shultz and Olson 2013). Hence, in recent years, transversal competences have gained importance in selection processes and in maintaining one’s job. Transversal competences are the ones that favor good performance in the world of work, as they help subjects to better cope with different types of work situations (Moreno 2005). They can also be defined as those “which are common to several professions and (…) which can be acquired in the exercise of one profession and which will allow for a possible transfer to other categories” (Rey 2002, p. 53). It should be noted that they can be social, relational, technical, learning or career-related (Klink, Boom & Schlusmans, 2007), whenever they can be transferred to different occupational activities. Several authors argue that transversal skills are important for insertion and stability in the labor market, as they provide individuals with the ne
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