Perceived Organizational Support Scale: Translation and validation in Greek

Abstract

Background Organizational support is crucial to improve workers self-confidence, productivity and creativity. Aim To translate and validate the “Perceived Organizational Support” (POS) scale in Greek. Methods Our sample included 114 nurses in Greece. We performed our study during April 2024. We employed the forward-backward method to translate and adapt the POS in Greek language. We examined the construct validity of the POS by performing confirmatory factor analysis. We examined the concurrent validity of the POS using the “Quiet Quitting Scale” (QQS), the single item burnout measure, and the “Global Transformational Leadership” (GTL) scale. We examined the reliability of the POS by calculating Cronbach’s alpha. Results The POS showed very good psychometric properties. Our confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the one-factor structure of the POS. Concurrent validity of the Greek version of the POS was very good. We found statistically significant correlations between the POS and QQS (r = -0.233, p = 0.013), and GTL (r = 0.590, p < 0.001). We found that the POS had very good reliability since intraclass correlation coefficients for the eight items were higher than 0.798 (p < 0.001 in all cases). Moreover, Cronbach’s coefficient alpha for the POS was 0.946. Conclusions The Greek version of the “Perceived Organizational Support” scale is a reliable and valid tool to measure organizational support among employees.