Validation Process of a Work Engagement Scale for the Brazilian Population

Martins, Paulo Cesar Porto; Machado, Pedro Guilherme Basso

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Social, Work and Organizations Psychology • Psic.: Teor. e Pesq. 38 • 2022 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0102.3772e38511.en copy

Validation Process of a Work Engagement Scale for the Brazilian Population

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Abstract

The objective of this study is divided into two parts: the first part aimed at presenting the process of translation and adaptation of Porto-Martins and Benevides-Pereira's (2008) version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES); the second part focused on the validation of the instrument considering samples from five distinct and independent studies, with N=1,934. The adaptation process was composed of 13 steps, which included, among other steps, translation and back translation. Descriptive, reliability and confirmatory factor analyses were performed. The results denoted statistical quality and agreement with the data in the official UWES manual. Therefore, the validity of the corresponding version of the UWES is concluded, and future studies are encouraged in order to solidify this relevant construct in the national context.

Keywords:
work engagement; psychological evaluation; occupational health psychology; UWES; organizational psychology

Scale	Average	DP	Manual Average	Manual DP
VI	4.36	1.27	4.24	1.09
DE	4.45	1.43	4.33	1.36
AB	4.05	1.29	3.77	1.28
Global	4.28	1.25	4.10	1.11

Item	Dimension	Average	DP
1 - In my work, I feel full of energy.	VI	4.22	1.56
2 - I find that the work I do is full of meaning and purpose.	DE	4.63	1.61
3 - "Time flies" when I am working.	AB	4.46	1.68
4 - At work, I feel strong and vigorous (vitality).	VI	4.20	1.55
5 - I am enthusiastic about my work.	DE	4.33	1.64
6 - When I'm working, I forget everything around me.	AB	3.63	1.86
7 - My work inspires me.	DE	4.20	1.75
8 - When I get up in the morning, I feel like going to work.	VI	4.23	1.70
9 - I feel happy when I work intensely.	AB	4.25	1.66
10 - I am proud of the work I do.	DE	4.74	1.56
11 - I feel involved with the work I do.	AB	4.81	1.50
12 - I can continue working for long periods.	VI	4.14	1.71
13 - For me, my work is challenging.	DE	4.35	1.74
14 - I "let myself go" with my work.	AB	3.86	1.83
15 - In my work, I am a mentally resilient (versatile) person.	VI	4.58	1.46
16 - It is difficult to disconnect from work.	AB	3.31	1.93
17 - At work, I am persistent, even when things are not going well.	VI	4.80	1.37

Study	Factor	N	X²	GL	X²/GL	CFI	AGFI	RMSEA
This Study	1	1.934	1,346.43	119	11.32	0.93	0.84	0.09
This Study	3	1.934	1,313.29	116	11.32	0.93	0.84	0.09
Vazquez et al. (2015Vazquez, A. C. S., Magnan, E. S., Pacico, J. C., Hutz, C. S. & Schaufeli, W. B. (2015). Adaptation and Validation of the Brazilian Version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. Psico-USF, 20(2), 207-217.)	1	1.167	1,804.00	119	15.16	0.96	--	0.10
	3	1.167	1,667.99	122	13.67	0.96	--	0.10
Schaufeli e Bakker (2003Schaufeli, W. B. & Bakker, A. (2003). Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). Occupational Health Psychology Unit: Utrecht.)	1	2.313	3,554.65	119	29.87	0.87	0.78	0.11
	3	2.313	1,859.93	116	16.03	0.91	0.83	0.10
Seppala et al. (2009Seppala, P., Mauno, S., Feldt, T., Hakanen, J., Kinnunen, U., Tolvanen, A. & Schaufeli, W. (2009). The construct validity of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale: multisample and longitudinal evidence. J Happiness Stud, 10, 459-481.)	1	2,314	1,483.74	119	12.47	0.93	--	0.07
	3	2,314	1,311.81	116	11.31	0.94	--	0.07
Torrente, Salanova, Lorens e Schaufeli (2013Torrente, P., Salanova, M., Llorens, S. & Schaufeli, W. B. (2013). From “I” to “We”: The factorial validity of a Team Work Engagement Scale. In: Sónia P. Gonçalves. Occupational Health Psychology: from burnout to well-being. Editora: Cidade. pp. 333-356.)	1	54	342.74	135	2.54	0.73	--	0.17
	3	54	311.85	132	2.36	0.77	--	0.16
Simbula, Guglielmi, Schaufeli e Depolo (2013Simbula, S.; Guglielmi, D.; Schaufeli W. B.; Depolo, M. (2013). An Italian validation of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale: characterization of engaged groups in a sample of schoolteachers. Bollettino di Psicologia Applicata, 268, 43-54.)	1	488	805.30	119	6.77	0.86	--	0.11
	3	488	668.64	116	5.76	0.89	--	0.10
Schaufeli, Salanova, González-Romá e Bakker (v2002Schaufeli, W. B.; Salanova, M.; González-Romá, V. & Bakker, A. B. (2002). The measurement of engagement and burnout: a two sample confirmatory factor analytic approach. Journal of Happiness Studies, 3, 71-92.)	1	933	1,237.47	238	5.19	0.85	0.80	0.07
	3	933	952.66	232	4.11	0.90	0.85	0.05
Porto-Martins, Machado e Camou (2020Porto-Martins, Paulo Cesar, Machado, Pedro Guilherme Basso, & Viacava, Juan José Camou. (2020). Engajamento no Trabalho: Características Psicométricas e Invariância Temporal do UWES. Avaliação Psicológica, 19(3), 277-288. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15689/ap.2020.1903.15631.06. https://doi.org/10.15689/ap.2020.1903.15... )	1	423	-		3.500	0.94	0.86	0.08
	3	423	-		3000	0.96	0.89	0.07

E	CFI	AGFI	R	Δ Beta				AVE				CR
E	CFI	AGFI	R	VI	AB	DE	U	VI	AB	DE	U	VI	AB	DE	U
1	0.89	0.73	0.12	0.76	0.66	0.86	0.76	0.89	0.83	0.93	0.96	0.59	0.46	0.74	0.59
2	0.96	0.85	0.08	0.77	0.65	0.79	0.73	0.90	0.82	0.90	0.95	0.60	0.45	0.64	0.56
3	0.93	0.81	0.08	0.74	0.58	0.73	0.68	0.88	0.76	0.86	0.94	0.56	0.37	0.56	0.49
4	0.87	0.67	0.11	0.69	0.61	0.78	0.69	0.85	0.79	0.88	0.94	0.51	0.40	0.61	0.50
5	0.93	0.87	0.73	0.69	0.57	0.77	0.67	0.85	0.75	0.88	0.94	0.49	0.37	0.60	0.48

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