Perceived Discrimination at Workplace Scale: Psychometric Properties in Migrant Employees
Tariku Ayana Abdi, Alessandro Lo Presti
While the careers of migrants in general and Africans specifically are underrepresented in the literature, most studies available are disproportionately focused on migrant workplace discrimination aspects. However, to our knowledge, no research has adapted or validated the Perceived Discriminationat WorkplaceScale of Sanchez and Brock (1996) to African migrant employees in Italy. This research aims to adapt and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Perceived Discriminationat Workplace Scale of Sanchez & Brock (1996) to African migrant employees working in Italy. We administered the Perceived Discriminationat Workplace Scale with the Career Satisfaction and the Job Satisfaction Scales to 209 African migrant employees working in Italy and investigated the scale’s psychometric properties. We analysed the reliability of the scale using Cronbach’s alpha, performed confirmatory factor analysis, and Pearson’s correlation to investigate its relationship with the Career Satisfaction and Job Satisfaction Scales. The results showed that the Perceived Discriminationat Workplace Scale is reliable and has discriminant validity with the Career Satisfaction and Job Satisfaction Scale. The scale has also demonstrated good psychometric properties and is appropriate for career intervention programmes, policy implications, and future research purposes among African migrant employees.
Keywords
Perceived Discrimination at Workplace Scale, Job satisfaction, Career success, Questionnaire, Career satisfaction, African migrant employees.
