%0 Journal Article %T Equivalent Validity of Identification-Commitment-Inventory (HSA-ICI) %A Romeo %A Marina %A Berger %A Rita %A Yepes %A Montserrat %A Gu¨¤rdia %A Joan %J Escritos de Psicolog¨ªa (Internet) %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X the main purpose of this study was to demonstrate the validity of the identification-commitment-inventory (hsa-ici) in two european samples (from spain and portugal). the ici was proposed by quijano and collaborators as part of the human system audit (hsa), a conceptual model and set of tools designed for evaluation and intervention in human resources systems (hrs). the underlying factor structure of the instrument was tested with samples of spanish (n = 625) and portuguese (n = 520) employees - in combination and separately - working in the health care sector. confirmatory factor analysis with a test of invariance across groups was conducted. the results show that the theoretical model fits the observed data of the general sample (¦Ö2 = 2643.12, p = .046; rmsea = .028; rmr = .041; gfi = .983; agfi =. 977; cfi = .994), replicating the results of a previous study. when the samples were analysed separately, the measurement structure presented a better fit in the spanish sample than in the portuguese sample. the overall difference was not large - due to being influenced at the item level by some contextual aspects - but was just sufficient to obtain statistical significance (¦Ö2tucker-lewis = 48.23; df = 1; p < .001). this work provides evidence supporting the use of the hsa-ici. the implications of these results for future research are discussed. %K organizational commitment %K organizational identification %K confirmatory factor analysis %K structural equation modeling %K elliptical least square solution. %U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1989-38092011000100001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en