Organizational governance maturity scale: Semantic and content validation in professionals from a public institution in Paraíba

Introduction: Understanding the maturity of organizational governance means verifying whether the organization actually executes and follows the activities established in its governance framework (structures, systems and processes). It is associated with the continuous improvement of an organization's skills and processes, carried out with a view to increasing its productivity in a defined period, which is managed, measured, controlled and effective as a process in organizational evolution. Objectives: It consisted of evaluating the semantic and content quality of the questions on the scale, considering the degree of agreement in understanding, clarity and importance of the proposed items. Methodology: Participation in the study, of seven employees from public institutions in Paraíba, predominantly male and working in the legal, management and teaching areas, with academic qualifications, including doctorate, master's degree and specialization. Kappa, CVI, RVC and Kuder-Richardson indicator statistics were performed. Results: All items were greater than 80% in the degree of agreement in understanding, clarity and importance, the Kappa index ranged from 0.90 to 1.00, in the calculation of the Kurder-Richardson Rhô (KR) it was 0, 89, the CVI and RVC indices were 1.00. Discussion: The instrument revealed that all items reached a percentage of agreement greater than 80% for understanding, clarity and importance of the content assessed by the participating judges in both semantics and content; the IVC and RVC indicated high levels of reliability in evaluating the content of the items and Kappa revealed suitability in the perfect content category. Conclusion: In general, the scale aimed at measuring organizational governance maturity is valid in its semantics and content; revealed, in the judges' opinion, that the items corresponded to the logic and meaning of the questions theoretically raised in terms of understanding, clarity and importance, guaranteeing the robustness of content validation.