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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WRIGHT WORK ENGAGEMENT SCALE

Alarcon, Gene Michael

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2009, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Wright State University, Human Factors and Industrial/Organizational Psychology PhD.
Recent developments in organizational attitude research have focused on the concept of engagement. Despite the growing literature on engagement there is little agreement on the conceptualization of engagement. The current study sought to conceptualize and measure work engagement using Item Response Theory. The Wright Work Engagement Scale was created using two samples, a student sample for exploratory analyses and a working sample for item analyses. Results indicate engagement is a unidimensional construct. The 12 item Work Engagement Scale was created and demonstrated sufficient convergent and discriminant validity.
Jean Edwards, PhD (Committee Chair)
David Lahuis, PhD (Committee Member)
Scott Watamanuik, PhD (Committee Member)
Nathan Bowling, PhD (Committee Member)
94 p.

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  • Alarcon, G. M. (2009). THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WRIGHT WORK ENGAGEMENT SCALE [Doctoral dissertation, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1260985760

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Alarcon, Gene. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WRIGHT WORK ENGAGEMENT SCALE. 2009. Wright State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1260985760.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Alarcon, Gene. "THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WRIGHT WORK ENGAGEMENT SCALE." Doctoral dissertation, Wright State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1260985760

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)