The Individual Work Performance Scale: A Psychometric Study and its Application for Employee Performance

Abdul Rahman, Agus and Ramdani, Zulmi and Marliani, Rosleny (2019) The Individual Work Performance Scale: A Psychometric Study and its Application for Employee Performance. Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews, 7 (5). pp. 405-414. ISSN 2395-6518

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Abstract

Purpose:This research aims to get an individual work performance scale of the modified version which is more acceptable and has a good psychometric property.Methodology:This study was conducted using a modified measuring instrument approach. Researchers use existing theories and then make items according to the context in which this research will be conducted. The advantage of this modification approach is getting a more comprehensive understanding of the subject we are researching.Main Findings:Ofthe 303 employees that were tested in the research, the modification scale of the individual work performance has a good psychometric property with the criteria of reliability more than 0.8 and the fit model that hasa good item with RMSEA score (0.062). Other than that, the modification scale of individual work performance showsagoodconvergent validity with presenteeism and correlate with job burnout. Applications of this study:The Individual Work Performance Scale has a comprehensive methodology and good psychometric properties. This instrument is appropriate to be the generalinstrument for seeing the employee situation. In addition, this instrument can also be used as a set of tests that are suitable for use by those who will conduct an assessment of employee performance.Novelty: This scale was made as a form of development from previous research which did not explore and develop forms of assessment that were specific to an employee's performance. There is not much-related research that focuses on many dimensions that are actually important to assess in employee performance. Keywords: Employee Performance,Individual Work Performance,Job Burnout, Performance Appraisal,Presenteeism,Psychometric Properties

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