Cultural Adaptation of the Work-related Basic Need Satisfaction against the Romanian Background

Authors

  • Lavinia Țânculescu Școala Națională de Studii Politice și Administrative, București, România
  • Dragoș Iliescu Universitatea București, Facultatea de Psihologie și Științe ale Educației, București, România

Keywords:

basic need satisfaction, cultural adaptation, Work-related Basic Need Satisfaction scale

Abstract

This paper presents the cultural adaptation of the Work-related Basic Need Satisfaction scale (Work-related Basic Need Satisfaction scale, W-BNS, Van den Broeck, Vansteenkiste, De Witte, Soenens, Lens, 2010) in Romania, with description of the two surveys conducted as part of the adaptation process and the psychometric features of the adapted intermediary and final forms of the instrument. The focus is on the reliability related aspects, exploratory analysis of the factorial structure, the confirming approaches and a comparison with the Belgian normative sample, the cultural environment within which the scale was initially created and tested. The article discusses the implications of applying the instrument in the Romanian organizational structure with a view to structuring various human capital related practices, which should prove their efficiency in time.

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Author Biographies

Lavinia Țânculescu, Școala Națională de Studii Politice și Administrative, București, România

Școala Națională de Studii Politice și Administrative, București, România

Dragoș Iliescu, Universitatea București, Facultatea de Psihologie și Științe ale Educației, București, România

Universitatea București, Facultatea de Psihologie și Științe ale Educației, București, România

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2019-10-21

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Țânculescu, L., & Iliescu, D. (2019). Cultural Adaptation of the Work-related Basic Need Satisfaction against the Romanian Background. Psihologia Resurselor Umane, 12(2), 130–146. Retrieved from https://www.hrp-journal.com/index.php/pru/article/view/157

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2014): Psihologia Resurselor Umane

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Research articles

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