The factor structure of the Spanish version of the Work-Family Culture Scale in a sample of workers from the advertising sector

• Published in: Psicothema Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 232 - 237
• Main Authors: Beléndez Vázquez, Marina, Martín Llaguno, Marta, Hernández Ruiz, Alejandra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Spain Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos (PSICODOC) 2013
• Subjects: Adult; Advertising as Topic; Cultural Characteristics; Family; Female; Humans; Language; Male; Middle Aged; Quality of Life; Surveys and Questionnaires; Work
• ISSN: 0214-9915; 1886-144X
• DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2012.176

The Work-Family Culture Scale (WFCS) was designed to assess employee perceptions of the extent to which their organizations facilitates a work-family balance. The WFCS comprises three dimensions: Oorganizational time demands, Managerial support and Negative career consequences. The primary purpose of the present study was to analyze the factor structure and reliability of the Spanish version of the Work-Family Culture Scale in a sample of 795 employees (447 females and 348 males) working for twenty-three firms in the Spanish advertising sector. Both EFA and CFA using split-half data sets yielded an 11-item three-factor model (Managerial support, Career consequences and Organizational time demands) that fits the data very well. The findings for structural equation modeling were as follows: χ(2) (41) = 63.85; CFI = .99; GFI = .97; and RMSEA = .038. Internal consistency for the WFCS factors proved adequate. The results of the analysis indicate that this three-factor model confirms previous exploratory analyses of the original scale.