The Work Values Scale EVAT (based on its initials in Spanish: Escala de Valores hacia el Trabajo) was created in 2000 to measure values in the work context. The instrument operationalizes the four higher-order-values of the Schwartz Theory (1992) through sixteen items focused on work scenarios. The questionnaire has been used among large samples of Mexican (see Arciniega & Gonzalez, 2005: 2006) and Spanish (see Gonzalez y Arciniega, 2005). The instrument has recently been translated into Portuguese and Italian. The cross-cultural validity of the three versions have been demostrated using different methods for assesssing measurement equivalence. (Arciniega, Gonzalez, Soares, Ciulli & Giannini, In Press). The instrument is based on the Portrait Values Questionare (PVQ) from Schwartz and collaborators (2001). The scale is available from Luis M. Arciniega at
larciniega@itam.mx and Luis González Fernández
lgf@usal.es.
To obtain further details of the instrument visit:
http://luisarciniega.weebly.com/evat-scale.html
Arciniega, Luis M., González, L., Soares, V., Ciulli, S., & Giannini, M. (In Press). Cross-cultural validation of the work values scale EVAT using multi-group confirmatory factor analysis and confirmatory multidimensional scaling. The Spanish Journal of Psychology.
Arciniega, L.M. & González, L. (2006). What is the influence of work values relative to other variables in the development of organizational commitment ?. Revista de Psicología Social,18(1), 35-50.
Arciniega, L.M. & González, L. (2005). Other-oriented values and job satisfaction. Problems and Perspectives in Management.(4), 128-132.
González, L. y Arciniega, L.M. (2005). Anclajes de carrera profesional y valores en el trabajo. In J. Romay, J. Salgado, M. Romaní y D. Robla (Comps.). Psicología de las Organizaciones, del Trabajo y de los Recursos Humanos y de la Salud, Vol 4. 69-77. Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva.
Arciniega, L.M. y González, L. (2000).Desarrollo y validación de la escala de valores hacia el trabajo EVAT 30. [Development and validation of the work values scale EVAT 30]. Revista de Psicología Social, 15, 281-296.