Abstract
Work engagement is a positive motivational state which is expressed in vigor, absorption and dedication feelings toward work. The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale was developed to measure this phenomenon. The present work collected validity evidence for the reduced scale (UWES-9) concerning its internal structure, gender and work sector (public and private) invariance and relationships with external variables. The sample consisted of 2,897 employees from both genders (57.3% were female), mean age equal to 32.8. The models indicated a unidimensional structure fit to the data, and the items parameters were not significantly biased due to gender, work sector, and job tenure. The scale showed positive strong correlations with positive feelings toward work. The psychometric properties of the scale recommend its future adoption in researchers about work engagement in Brazilian samples.
Keywords:
organizational behavior; positive psychology; statistical validity