The construct validity of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale: Multisample and longitudinal evidence

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 459-481

  Seppälä, Piia ^a   Mauno, Saija ^a   Feldt, Taru ^a   Hakanen, Jari ^b   Kinnunen, Ulla ^c   Tolvanen, Asko ^a   Schaufeli, Wilmar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Factor structure; Factorial group and time invariance; Rank order stability; Utrecht Work Engagement Scale; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 71649097992     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-008-9100-y     Document Type: Article

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