Work Engagement in the It Sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Psychometric Evaluation of the Shortened Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9)
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the shortened version of the Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9) on a sample of employees in the IT sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The research was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, a pilot study was carried out on a sample of 116 participants, where item analysis, reliability analysis, and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were applied. All items demonstrated adequate psychometric characteristics, with item-total correlations ranging from .586 to .830. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was .92, indicating high internal consistency of the scale. The results of the exploratory factor analysis revealed a single dominant factor that explained 61.37% of the total variance, supporting the unidimensional structure of the scale.In the second phase of the study, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted on a sample of 334 participants (excluding those from the pilot study). The CFA confirmed a good fit of the one-factor model (CMIN/df
Institutions: Dzemal Bijedic University of Mostar, University of Sarajevo
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7128310389