Back-translation practices in organizational research

Avoiding loss in translation.

Bibliographic Data

ID23328581
AuthorsAnthony C Klotz (0000-0001-7365-9744, University College London), Brian W Swider (0000-0002-9454-9218, Warrington Hospital), Seo Hyun Kwon (Texas A&M University)
Year2023
Volume108
Issue5
Pages699-727
Publication date2023-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Applied Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9010 • E-ISSN: 1939-1854
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/apl0001050
PMID36107682
OpenAlexW4295900523
LanguageEN
Citations received61

333). Our findings suggest that the majority of the time that researchers engage in translation procedures, they report having done so. At the same time, the details of these procedures are commonly underreported, making it unclear whether additional techniques beyond back-translation have been used to examine and demonstrate equivalence between original and translated versions of scales. Based on the results of our review, we develop a set of recommendations for conducting and reporting scale translations in organizational research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

CLARITY · Cognitive psychology · Dynamic and formal equivalence · Equivalence (formal languages) · Linguistics · Machine translation · MEDLINE · Natural language processing · Political science · PsycINFO · Scale (ratio) · Translation studies · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Construction Project Management and Performance · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Psychology · Social Psychology

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