Work engagement: a validity study in teaching professionals from Lima, Peru

• Autores: Flores Jiménez, Cinthya, Fernández Arata, Manuel, Juárez García, Arturo, [e-mail], César Merino Soto, Guimet Castro, Marisut
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2015
• Institución: Universidad de San Martín de Porres
• Repositorio: Liberabit
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.ojs3.revistaliberabit.com:article/261
• Enlace del recurso: http://www.revistaliberabit.com/index.php/Liberabit/article/view/261
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Engagement; entusiasmo por el trabajo; profesores; Utrech Work Engagement Scale; validez factorial

Work engagement is a construct that integrates feelings of vigor, dedication and absorption (Schaufeli, Salanova, Gonzalez-Roma and Bakker, 2002). The purpose of this study is to investigate the factorial validity of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) with versions of 15 and 9 items, in a sample by 145 teachers from Lima, Peru. We used exploratory analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The results show that the UWES has adequate psychometric properties, while respecting its three-dimensional structure, and particularly the 9 items version showed better indices of adjustment. Future studies will be required to confirm these findings.