Psychological Capital (Psycap) in Nigeria: Adaptation of Luthan’s Postive Psychological Capital Questionnaire (Pcq-24) for Nigerian Samples

Positive psychological capital (psycap) as personal resources has been linked with favorable organizational outcomes such as employees' job performance, creativity and entrepreneurship, decreased workplace absence, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, organizational citizenship behavior etc. Given the utility of the psycap, there is therefore the need to properly examine its psychometric properties in order to have confidence in using it for assessment in developing nations like Nigeria. The present study therefore focused on adapting the Psychological Capital Questionnaire 24 (PCQ-24) developed in USA by Luthans, Youssef and Avolio (2007) to measure positive psychological capital for Nigerian samples. Currently there is paucity of research on the psychometric properties of the PCQ-24 especially in non-Western societies like Nigeria. In order to maximize the utility of the positive psychological capital especially in non-Western societies like Nigeria, the adaptation of the PCQ-24 which measures the construct is necessary. Employees from two occupational groups in Nigeria completed the survey questionnaire (total N = 205). Exploring the psychometric properties of the scale shows that the internal consistency of the subscales and the composite scale were sufficiently high (α = .85). Also, the results of factor analysis confirmed the original four-factor model which indicates that the scores are best represented by the four factors while the confirmatory factor analysis shows an acceptable CFI/NNFI and RMSEA Index. The results in general, suggest that the PCQ-24 is a reliable and valid instrument; and therefore a good measure of psychological capital in Nigeria.