ADAPTATION STUDY OF THE WORKPLACE WELL-BEING SCALE

Year 2024, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 1 - 14, 30.06.2024

Hande Güzel Nihal Mamatoğlu

Abstract

This study aims to adapt the Employee Well-Being Scale into Turkish and to examine its validity and reliability. In this context, the application was conducted on 207 people, 55% of whom were women and 45% were men. These participants were employed in diverse roles across both the public and private sectors. After the studies to ensure linguistic equivalence, validity and reliability analyses were conducted. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the three-dimensional structure of the scale. These three dimensions include life well-being, workplace well-being, and psychological well-being. The fit indices obtained after the analysis confirm that the three-dimensional structure of the scale is preserved in the Turkish sample. As a result of the analysis conducted for content validity, significant relationships were found between the scale and the sub-dimensions of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Risk Assessment Scale. The analysis conducted for the reliability study of the scale revealed a Cronbach's alpha value of .91. In addition, Cronbach's alpha values of the subscales; Life well-being was found to be .88, workplace well-being was .91 and psychological well-being was .80. As a result of the research, it was determined that the Employee Well-Being Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool in assesing the well-being level of employees in the workplace.

Keywords

workplace well-being, well-being, scale adaptation, validity, reliability

İŞ YERİNDE İYİ OLUŞ ÖLÇEĞİNİN UYARLAMA ÇALIŞMASI

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı İş Yerinde İyi Oluş Ölçeği’nin Türkçe’ye uyarlamasını yapmak, geçerlik ve güvenirliğini incelemektir. Bu kapsamda kamu ve özel sektörde çeşitli alanlarda çalışan % 55’i kadın, % 45’i ise erkek olmak üzere 207 kişi üzerinde uygulama yapılmıştır. Dilsel eşdeğerliği sağlamak için yapılan çalışmalardan sonra geçerlik ve güvenirlik analizleri yapılmıştır. Ölçeğin üç faktörlü yapısını sınamak için doğrulayıcı faktör analizi kullanılmıştır. Bu faktörler, yaşam iyi oluş, iş yeri iyi oluş ve psikolojik iyi oluşu içermektedir. Analiz sonrası elde edilen uyum indeksleri ölçeğin üç boyutlu yapısının Türkiye örnekleminde de korunduğunu doğrulamaktadır. Kapsam geçerliği için yapılan analiz sonucunda, ölçeğin Kopenhag Psikososyal Risk Değerlendirme Ölçeği’nin alt boyutları ile arasında anlamlı düzeyde ilişkiler bulunmuştur. Ölçeğin güvenirlik çalışması için yapılan analiz sonucunda cronbach alfa değeri .91 olarak bulunmuştur. Buna ek olarak, alt ölçeklerin cronbach alfa değerleri; yaşam iyi oluş .88, iş yeri iyi oluş .91 ve psikolojik iyi oluş .80 olarak bulunmuştur. Araştırma sonucunda İş Yerinde İyi Oluş Ölçeği’nin, iş yerinde çalışanların iyi oluş düzeyini değerlendirmede geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olduğu belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

iş yerinde iyi oluş, iyi oluş, ölçek uyarlama, geçerlik, güvenirlik

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