The Revised Compound Psychological Capital Scale (CPC-12R):
Validity and cross-cultural invariance in an organizational
context

J 2025

The Revised Compound Psychological Capital Scale (CPC-12R): Validity and cross-cultural invariance in an organizational context

PROCHÁZKA, Jakub, Pavol KACMAR, Tereza LEBEDOVÁ, Ludmila DUDÁŠOVÁ, Martin VACULÍK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

The Revised Compound Psychological Capital Scale (CPC-12R): Validity and cross-cultural invariance in an organizational context

Authors

PROCHÁZKA, Jakub, Pavol KACMAR, Tereza LEBEDOVÁ, Ludmila DUDÁŠOVÁ and Martin VACULÍK

Edition

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION, UNITED STATES, SPRINGER, 2025, 1557-1874

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

50204 Business and management

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.200 in 2023

Organization unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01135-6

UT WoS

001059875200001

Keywords in English

Psychological capital; Psychometric analysis; Organizational context; Cross- cultural study

Abstract

V originále

This study aims to validate the revised Compound Psychological Capital scale (CPC-12R) which is a recently published inventory for measuring psychological capital across contexts. The data from three representative samples of employees from the U.S. (n = 456), the Czech Republic (n = 966), and Slovakia (n = 965) revealed a weak measurement invariance across the three cultures, a high internal consistency of all subscales and a good fit of the data to the theoretical model of psychological capital. The data obtained by means of the English version of the CPC-12R showed a very strong correlation with the established Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ), medium to strong positive correlations with work engagement, job satisfaction and positive affect, and a weak negative correlation with negative affect. Therefore, this study demonstrates the reliability and factorial, concurrent and convergent validity of CPC-12R in the context of organizations. The study also provides indicative norms for measuring psychological capital in three populations and refers to the limitations of the CPC-12R, in particular, the very small residual variance in first-order factors and the lack of strong invariance across cultures, which prevents a meaningful comparison of factor means across countries.

Links

GA20-03810S, research and development project

Name: Když na blízkých vztazích záleží: longitudinální studie vývoje psychologického kapitálu

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

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PROCHÁZKA, Jakub, Pavol KACMAR, Tereza LEBEDOVÁ, Ludmila DUDÁŠOVÁ and Martin VACULÍK. The Revised Compound Psychological Capital Scale (CPC-12R): Validity and cross-cultural invariance in an organizational context. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION. UNITED STATES: SPRINGER, 2025, vol. 23, No 1, p. 750-771. ISSN 1557-1874. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01135-6.

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PROCHÁZKA, Jakub, Pavol KACMAR, Tereza LEBEDOVÁ, Ludmila DUDÁŠOVÁ and Martin VACULÍK. The Revised Compound Psychological Capital Scale (CPC-12R): Validity and cross-cultural invariance in an organizational context. \textit{INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION}. UNITED STATES: SPRINGER, 2025, vol.~23, No~1, p.~750-771. ISSN~1557-1874. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01135-6.

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