Structural equation modelling was used to validate both the 9item and the 17item utrecht work engagement scale uwes9 and uwes17, respectively. Different variables related to information and communication technologies ict, such as digital selfefficacy for teaching, perceived institutional support for innovation, ict positive emotions, and satisfaction with institutional support, are key factors in the teachinglearning process. This was a cross sectional study on 345 selected primary school teachers in kota bharu. A confirmatory factor analysis of the utrecht work. Hence a reliable and valid instrument must be used to accurately measure work engagement. The present dissertation focuses on burnout and work engagement among teachers, with especial focus on the jobdemands resources model. This test manual is preliminary, which means that our work on the uwes is still in progress. For instance, sports, volunteering, hobbies, leisure activities, and education can also be pursued with energy and determination. Download limit exceeded you have exceeded your daily download allowance. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the structural relationships of these constructs with. The guide to utrecht professional artists materials one of the practical properties of acrylic colors is its rapid drying. The utrecht work engagement scale can be used for free for noncommercial research. There is no compelling psychological reason why psychological engagement should be restricted to employees. You can get very subtle effects in gradations of color and form by overpainting.
In fact, our experience with employee engagement as a survey measure is very similar to the conclusions of the article work engagement in japan. Validity and reliability of the utrecht work engagement scale. Pdf uwes utrecht work engagement scale preliminary. The present study is aimed to understand the current level of employee engagement at one of the largest teaching hospital in the uk. Measurement of work engagement utrecht work engagement scale work engagement is operationalized with the utrecht work engagement scale uwes 33, a self report instrument that includes the above three dimensions. Theoretical underpinnings of the uwes9 point toward a hierarchical structure with a general factor and three group or primary factors. Jun 17, 2011 indeed, having a valid and standardized measurement tool of work engagement in the chinese context is essential to facilitate a better understanding of work engagement among chinese workers. Work engagement may be defined as a positive and fulfilling psychological state associated with both affective response and mental arousal. Indeed, having a valid and standardized measurement tool of work engagement in the chinese context is essential to facilitate a better understanding of work engagement among chinese workers.
It can be measured using a valid and reliable selfreporting questionnaire the uwes utrecht work engagement scale. Measuring work engagement among community health workers. Work engagement as a predictor of health is an emerging concept in occupational science and the utrecht work engagement scale uwes is the most popular work engagement measurement tool. Item response theory analysis of the utrecht work engagement. Schaufeli is used in order to measure the engagement levels of the employees. Work engagement the concept of work engagement was introduced by kahn 1990. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Based on a sample of 179 patients with hematological malignancies in inpatient and rehabilitative oncological settings, we tested the. Dec 29, 2011 the utrecht work engagement scale can be used for free for noncommercial research.
The chinese version of utrecht work engagement scale for students uwess fang et al. The 17item uwess was translated to sinhala and the judgmental validity was assessed by a multidisciplinary panel of experts. Uwes utrecht work engagement scale preliminary manual. Feasibility of a mindfulnessbased intervention for. Schaufeli et al 2002 utrecht work engagement scale uwes 17. Despite widespread use, questions remain about the dimensionality of the 9item utrecht work engagement scale uwes9. The leuven scale of active involvement in learning author. Structural equation modelling was used to validate both the 9item and the 17item utrecht work engagement scale uwes9. Adaptation and validation of the brazilian version of the.
How engaged are the employees with their job and how far are they willing to go to ensure the success of their. A psychometric analysis of the utrecht work engagement scale in the south african police service. Schaufeli et al, 2002 utrecht work engagement scale uwes17 2. Though previous studies have demonstrated acceptable reliability and convergent validity for the scale 6, 7, there remain unresolved issues about the scale s dimensionality. Keywords construct validity, uwes, work engagement, utrecht work engagement scale, malaysia.
Work engagement of academic staff in south african higher. This study examines the concept of volunteer work engagement in a sample of 334 community health workers in bonthe district, sierra leone. The purpose of this study was to conduct an item response theory analysis of the japanese version of the utrecht work engagement scale for students translated by authors. Aug 17, 2017 there is no compelling psychological reason why psychological engagement should be restricted to employees.
Based on a framework of wellestablished approaches, namely the job demandsresources model, the work design questionnaire, the oldenburg burnout inventory, the utrecht work engagement scale, and the organizational commitment questionnaire, we systematically study the work experiences of 289 crowdworkers who work for the most popular. The present study was aimed at assessing the validity and the reliability of the sinhala version of the utrecht work engagement scale student version uwess among collegiate cycle students in sri lanka. Psychometric properties of the hebrew version of the. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate.
Work engagement is a superordinate, secondorder latent construct in the sense that it is manifested by its three dimensions edwards, 2001. A questionnaire composed of the utrecht work engagement scale 9item, yamashita job satisfaction for nurse 25item was distributed to 336 nurses working in psychiatric hospitals in japan. Work engagement is operationalized with the utrecht work engagement scale uwes, a self report instrument that includes the above three dimensions. This study investigated the factor structure and factorial group and time invariance of the 17item and 9item versions of the utrecht work engagement scale uwes. Nevertheless, we did not want to wait any longer with publishing some important psychometric details since many colleagues. Hence, we wrote this testmanual of the utrecht work engagement scale uwes. Pisa aims at assessing how far students approaching the end of compulsory education have acquired some of the knowledge and skills that are essential for full participation in society. Pdf the construct validity of the utrecht work engagement. The utrecht work engagement scale created by wilmar b. The uwess is a selfreport questionnaire comprised of 17 items, including three subscales. Questionnaires, particularly the utrecht work engagement scale uwes17, are an almost standard method by which to measure work engagement. The utrecht work engagement scale uwes, composed by 17 items, was developed to measure engagement at work using three factors. We aimed to analyse baseline work engagement using utrecht work engagement scale uwes at a teaching hospital. Based on a sample of 179 patients with hematological malignancies in in patient and rehabilitative oncological settings, we tested the dimensional structure by.
We conducted a series of confirmatory factor analyses. The initial version of uwess was developed by schaufeli et al. Dimensionality of the 9item utrecht work engagement scale. Functioning of the utrecht work engagement scale among.
As a matter of fact, work engagement has been considered a workrelated mood schaufeli and salanova 2007. Construct validity of the uwess was appraised by using multi. Hence, the current study introduced the concept of general engagement and its measurement with the utrecht general engagement scale uges the general. The construct validity of the utrecht work engagement. The rapid drying of acrylic colors allows the artist to apply multiple layers in quick succession.
Gallup questionnaire and the utrecht work engagement scale uwes are the most commonly used tools to measure employee engagement. Though previous studies have demonstrated acceptable reliability and convergent validity for the scale 6, 7, there remain unresolved issues about the scales dimensionality. A confirmatory factor analysis of the utrecht work engagement. The 9item utrecht work engagement scale uwes9 1, 3 is a concise and widely used measure of work engagement across countries 4, 5. Hence, the current study introduced the concept of general engagement and its measurement with the utrecht general. Schaufeli et al 2002 utrecht work engagement scale uwes 17 2. The pdf file you selected should load here if your web browser has a pdf reader plugin installed for example, a recent version of adobe acrobat reader. Chapter 2 investigates the factorial validity of the instruments used to measure work engagement i. Survey questions focus on 4 indicators, from which the engagement of the employees can be measured. Functioning of the utrecht work engagement scale among men. Transformational leadership transformational leadership has an additive effect on followers to do more than originally intended by 1 making them aware of the importance of task outcomes, 2 inducing them to transcend their own self interests for the sake of the. Negative correlations were found between the vigor subscale scores of the utrecht work engagement scale and scores for emotional exhaustion on the maslach burnout inventory and scores for. Relationship between work engagement and job satisfaction.
Our research objective to clarify the effect of job satisfaction on work engagement of nurses working in psychiatry. The population of the study consisted of all kurdistan education organization staff 200 subjects with a sample. Validation of the japanese version of utrecht work engagement scale. Work engagement is the harnessing of organization members selves to their work roles. The current study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the chinese version of the utrecht work engagement scale uwesc. It aims to investigate the role of efficacy beliefs using negatively worded inefficacy items instead of positive ones and to establish whether depersonalization and cynism can be considered two. The findings henceforth, conclude that uwes17 is construct is robust in assessing work engagement amongst the while collar employees working in the education sector of malaysia. Utrecht work engagement scale vigor at my job i feel strong and vigorous dedication i am enthusiastic about my work absorption i get carried away by my work available in 22 language versions from. Teachers ictrelated selfefficacy, job resources, and. However, despite its popularity, the uwes is not free from controversy concerning its factorial validity.
Validity and reliability of utrecht nineitem work engagement. View notes utrecht work engagement scale from econ 123 at university of economics ho chi minh city. Work satisfaction, measured with the utrecht work engagement scale, increased significantly in the intervention group with no change in the control group. This study investigated the psychometric properties of the hebrew version of the utrecht work engagement scale uwes 9 by using a sample of israeli n 252 whitecollar employees. This study aims to test the validity and reliability of the utrecht work engagement scale uwes in the malaysian culture. Uwes utrecht work engagement scale preliminary manual version 1, november 2003 wilmar. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the structural relationships of. Construct validation of 17item utrecht university work. The uwes is a valid and reliable instrument to assess work engagement that has excellent psychometric properties schaufeli, 2012. The measurement of work engagement with a short questionnaire a crossnational study.
The present study was aimed at assessing the validity and the reliability of the sinhala version of the utrecht work engagement scalestudent version uwess among collegiate cycle students in sri lanka. Validity and reliability of the utrecht work engagement. The purpose of this study was to analyze validity and reliability of utrecht nineitem work engagement scale uwes9. Abstractindividuals performance at work is determined to a certain extent on how engaged they are with the work they are doing. Engagement no trabalho entre profissionais da educacao. Moreover, because the current study is partly longitudinal in nature, also the stability across time of engagement can be investigated. Request pdf on jan 25, 2017, arnold bakker and others published the utrecht work engagement scale uwes. Validation of the utrecht work engagement scale uwes in. Validation of the japanese version of the utrecht work engagement scale that a all engagement items load on a single factor rather than the multiple factors included in the work engagement scale. The utrecht work engagement scale for students has been used internationally to assess students academic engagement, but it has not been analyzed via item response theory. The utrecht work engagement scale uwes is a selfadministered questionnaire which consists of three factors. Employee engagement is the emotional commitment of the employee towards the organisation. Furthermore, the study explored the rankorder stability of work engagement.
The construct validity of the utrecht work engagement scale. Creator els, diederick arnoldus subject employee assistance programs, employee health promotion date 20071022t11. Our purpose was the psychometric evaluation of the german version of the utrecht work engagement scale9 uwes9, a selfassessment tool measuring workrelated resources consisting of 9 items. Utrecht work engagement scale uwes utrecht work engagement. Psychometric properties of the hebrew version of the utrecht. Measuring work engagement among community health workers in. Our purpose was the psychometric evaluation of the german version of the utrecht work engagement scale 9 uwes9, a selfassessment tool measuring work related resources consisting of 9 items. Dimensionality of the 9item utrecht work engagement scale uwes9. A comparison of greece and the netherlands summary this study examines the factorial structure of the instruments that measure burnout maslach burnout inventory general surveymbigs and work engagement the utrecht work engagement scaleuwes in a sample of dutch n 162 and greek n. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Therefore, it is operationalised with the utrecht work engagement scale uwes, a selfreport instrument that includes the three dimensions mentioned above. South african journal of industrial psychology 29, 6270, 2003.