Organizational Psychology

In the turbulent conditions of the socio-economic environment, it is important to ensure the resilience of organizations and work units, which is especially relevant for Russian organizations. Purpose. The article describes the adaptation and psychometric verification of the Russian-language scale of work group (team) resilience. Method. The adaptation procedure included a number of stages: comparative analysis of instruments for measuring group resilience based on literature data; translation of the selected scale; analysis and reduction of questionnaire items while maintaining the original dimensions; data collection in three independent studies; comparative psychometric verification of 21-and 12-item questionnaire versions. The final version of the adapted questionnaire contains 12 items.The scale includes six sub-scales, reflecting dimensions of resilience: flexibility of work groups, group norms, network ties, shared language, trust, effectiveness of collective actions. Findings. Psychometric verification was carried out on the basis of results obtained in three studies with a total sample size of N = 937, employees of Russian organizations aged 18 to 69 years (M = 38.06; Me = 37), of which: 75% are women; 25% are men. The questionnaire has satisfactory internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = 0.96).The verification of structural and metric invariance, as well as internal consistency in subsamples: research procedure, gender, length of service, professional activity (IT, customer service managers, accountants) yielded positive results. Correlation analysis showed positive relationships between group resilience and relevant variables: core self-evaluation, psychological capital, conflict resilience, cooperative relations, task identity and feedback from work results, as well as a negative relationshipwith burnout, which allows us to substantiate the validity of the scale and use it as a reliable tool for measuring work group resilience in Russian organizations of various profiles of activity. The resilience of work groups integrates resources of individual and managerial resilience of organizational activities.