Psychometric properties of the Chinese translation of the proactive personality scale. Academic Article

abstract

• The purpose of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Chinese translation of the Proactive Personality Scale. Four samples were surveyed. In Sample 1 and Sample 2, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis results confirmed the unidimensional structure of the 10-item abbreviated version of the scale. In Sample 2, Proactive Personality scores were found to be positively correlated with the personality factors of Extraversion, Conscientiousness, Openness, and Agreeableness, and negatively correlated with Neuroticism. In Sample 3, Proactive Personality was found to be positively related to self-efficacy and political skill. In Sample 4, demographics controlled, Proactive Personality explained significant incremental variance in the employees' self-rated career satisfaction and job performance as rated by immediate supervisors.

authors

• Zhou, Le

published proceedings

• Psychol Rep

author list (cited authors)

• Zhou, L. e., & Shi, J.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Zhou, Le||Shi, Junqi

publication date

• August 2009

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Psychological Reports  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Asian People
• Efficiency
• Employee Performance Appraisal
• Factor Analysis, Statistical
• Female
• Humans
• Job Satisfaction
• Male
• Personality
• Personality Assessment
• Personality Inventory
• Politics
• Psychometrics
• Reproducibility Of Results
• Self Efficacy
• Surveys And Questionnaires
• Translations

PubMed Central ID

• 19810432

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2466/PR0.105.1.43-56

start page

• 43

end page

• 56

volume

• 105

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.105.1.43-56