Spanish adaptation of the multidimensional workplace curiosity scale

Area of Science:

• Organizational Psychology
• Personality Assessment
• Human Resources

Background:

• Workplace curiosity is increasingly recognized for its positive impact on organizational outcomes like performance and innovation.
• Accurate measurement is key to understanding the benefits and costs of curiosity.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Workplace Curiosity Scale in a Spanish worker sample.
• To provide a validated tool for assessing workplace curiosity in the Spanish labor context.

Main Methods:

• A cross-sectional survey was administered to 722 heterogeneous workers in Spain.
• Factor analysis was used to confirm a hierarchical model of workplace curiosity.

Main Results:

• A hierarchical model with a general curiosity factor and four second-order dimensions (Joyous Exploration, Deprivation Sensitivity, Stress Tolerance, Openness to People's Ideas) was confirmed.
• The scale demonstrated acceptable internal consistency (0.72–0.89) and evidence of convergent, concurrent, and incremental validity.

Conclusions:

• The Spanish adaptation of the Multidimensional Workplace Curiosity Scale exhibits strong psychometric properties.
• This validated scale can be used to explore workplace curiosity in Spanish adults, offering theoretical and practical insights for the labor context.