[Validation of workload scale in peruvian workers]

Area of Science:

• Occupational Health
• Psychometrics
• Industrial Psychology

Context:

• The study addresses the need for validated assessment tools in occupational health research within Peru.
• It focuses on industrial workers in Metropolitan Lima, a key demographic for understanding workplace demands.
• The research environment involved a chemical and detergent company, providing a specific industrial context.

Purpose:

• To validate the Workload Scale for application in the Peruvian workforce.
• To assess the psychometric properties of the Workload Scale, including its factorial structure and reliability.
• To examine the metric equivalence of the scale between male and female workers.

Summary:

• Confirmatory factor analysis revealed a one-dimensional factorial structure for the Workload Scale.
• The scale demonstrated acceptable reliability and metric equivalence between genders.
• Workload intensity exhibited slight variations depending on the type of labor contract.

Impact:

• Provides a validated instrument for measuring workload in Peruvian industrial settings.
• Contributes to a better understanding of gender-based perceptions of workload.
• Offers insights for occupational health professionals and human resource managers in Peru.