Objective:

This paper aims to show a preliminary analysis of the job self-efficacy scale (AU-10) in administrative workers in a retail company in Lima Metropolitan.

Method:

100 workers (55 % males) between 21 and 58 years old (M = 31.20; DE = 7.02) who were assistants (38 %), analysts (42 %) and bosses (20 %) with an experience from 6 to 219 months (M = 43.05, DE = 34.59; Mdn = 36.00) were sampled. Representativeness of items regarding construct through judge's method was explored by employing the coefficient V of Aiken and their respective confidence intervals. The internal structure was analyzed using exploratory factor analysis and reliability.

Results:

Show representativeness of items against construct in a liberal level (Vo = 0.50, Cicchetti, 1994). A one-dimensional factor was found but with correlated errors in one of the items which when removed, the model was adjusted and reliability estimation was regulated, this latter was at a high level (> 0.80).

Conclusion:

The implications of the utility of AU-10, the importance of studies of self-efficacy in the Peruvian context related to work and limitations of this study. On the other hand, the present study constitutes a meritorious contribution for the professionals and researchers related to the world of the organizations that can direct their attention in selecting to the self-efficacy like a prioritized measure in the Peruvian labor field.

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