Psychometric Evaluation of Utrecht Work Engagement Scale in an Indian Sample

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) in an Indian sample. The UWES was administered to a total of 450 employees from both public and private sector manufacturing and service organisations in India. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the three-factor model demonstrated a better fit when compared to one-factor model for both, the original 17-item and 9-item shortened versions of UWES. However, due to very high inter-correlation between the three dimensions, exploratory factor analyses resulted in two- and one-factor solutions for the 17-item and 9-item versions, respectively. Though the internal consistencies for sub-scales were acceptable, internal consistencies of the complete scales were found to be higher than that for the three sub-scales. The shortened UWES was found to display better psychometric properties than the original 17-item UWES.