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Erschienen in: Journal of Business and Psychology 2/2024

28.07.2023 | Original Paper

The Development and Validation of an Ideal Point Measure of Work Engagement

verfasst von: Michael M. DeNunzio, Rachel Williamson Smith, Loren J. Naidoo

Erschienen in: Journal of Business and Psychology | Ausgabe 2/2024

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Abstract

Work engagement has been an extremely popular area of research and practice over the past two decades. However, organizational scholars have yet to consider potentially more appropriate ways of modeling how individuals report their work engagement and, relatedly, of measuring it. This article seeks to (1) establish that individuals use an ideal point (vs. dominance) process to respond to work engagement items, (2) develop a construct valid work engagement scale with good psychometric properties using the ideal point framework, and (3) demonstrate the potential advantages that our ideal point scales can offer over existing dominance scales for work engagement research and practice. These goals were accomplished using a multi-phase approach. In Phase 1 we constructed a new ideal point work engagement scale (the IPWES), a short form (the IPWES–SF), and a dominance-style scale for comparisons (the DWES). In Phase 2, the psychometric performance of the IPWES was compared with that of the DWES and existing work engagement scales. Consistent with theory, the IPWES exhibited better fit, a more equal distribution of test information across the latent continuum, and different latent estimates towards the positive and negative ends of the continuum. Finally, Phase 3 established the construct validity of the IPWES and demonstrated its utility for uncovering curvilinear relationships with correlates of engagement over existing dominance-based scales. Notably, our findings were replicated with the IPWES–SF, supporting the use of the short version even in the study of complex relationships.

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1
Thank you to an anonymous reviewer for suggesting we create the short form and include it in our analyses.
 
2
Please see our online Supplemental Material #1 for a detailed comparison of the scoring implications of the GRM and the GGUM.
 
3
The fourth and final job crafting dimension involves decreasing hindering job demands. The relationship between this form of job crafting and engagement has received far less attention in the literature, with few studies finding a significant relationship. Therefore, it was not investigated in the present study.
 
4
Thank you to an anonymous reviewer for suggesting this additional analysis.
 
5
Double-barreled items are appropriate for ideal point scales if written in this way because it is assumed that respondents will disagree with the item unless both parts of the statement are accurate (Huang & Mead, 2014). However, although research has found this to be a successful item-writing tactic for intermediate ideal point items, none of the double-barreled items were retained in the final version of the IPWES.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
The Development and Validation of an Ideal Point Measure of Work Engagement
verfasst von
Michael M. DeNunzio
Rachel Williamson Smith
Loren J. Naidoo
Publikationsdatum
28.07.2023
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Business and Psychology / Ausgabe 2/2024
Print ISSN: 0889-3268
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-353X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-023-09901-y

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