TY - JOUR
T1 - An ultra-short measure for work engagement
T2 - The UWES-3 validation across five countries
AU - Schaufeli, Wilmar B.
AU - Shimazu, Akihito
AU - Hakanen, Jari
AU - Salanova, Marisa
AU - De Witte, Hans
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Research Fund KU Leuven. The authors wish to thank Auli Airila, Elfi Baillien, Susana Llorens, Sirpa Lusa, Krista Pahkin, Anne Punakallio, Willem van Rhenen, and Pedro Torrente for providing and handling data.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Hogrefe Publishing.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The current study introduces an ultra-short, 3-item version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. Using five national samples from Finland (N = 22,117), Japan (N = 1,968), the Netherlands (N = 38,278), Belgium/Flanders (N = 5,062), and Spain (N = 10,040) its internal consistency and factorial validity vis-à-vis validated measures of burnout, workaholism, and job boredom are demonstrated. Moreover, the UWES-3 shares 86-92% of its variance with the longer nine-item version and the pattern of correlations of both versions with 9 indicators of well-being, 8 job demands, 10 job resources, and 6 outcomes is highly similar with an average, absolute difference between correlations of only .02. Hence, it is concluded that the UWES-3 is a reliable and valid indicator of work engagement that can be used as an alternative to the longer version, for instance in national and international epidemiological surveys on employee's working conditions.
AB - The current study introduces an ultra-short, 3-item version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. Using five national samples from Finland (N = 22,117), Japan (N = 1,968), the Netherlands (N = 38,278), Belgium/Flanders (N = 5,062), and Spain (N = 10,040) its internal consistency and factorial validity vis-à-vis validated measures of burnout, workaholism, and job boredom are demonstrated. Moreover, the UWES-3 shares 86-92% of its variance with the longer nine-item version and the pattern of correlations of both versions with 9 indicators of well-being, 8 job demands, 10 job resources, and 6 outcomes is highly similar with an average, absolute difference between correlations of only .02. Hence, it is concluded that the UWES-3 is a reliable and valid indicator of work engagement that can be used as an alternative to the longer version, for instance in national and international epidemiological surveys on employee's working conditions.
KW - Employee engagement
KW - Measurement
KW - Utrecht Work Engagement Scale
KW - Work engagement
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U2 - 10.1027/1015-5759/a000430
DO - 10.1027/1015-5759/a000430
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047502900
SN - 1015-5759
VL - 35
SP - 577
EP - 591
JO - European Journal of Psychological Assessment
JF - European Journal of Psychological Assessment
IS - 4
ER -