Validation of the Green Work Engagement Scale in Turkish

Year 2025, Volume: 18 Issue: 6, 3554 - 3573, 20.11.2025

Bilgen Gaye Yalpa

https://doi.org/10.35674/kent.1676550

Abstract

Green work engagement (GWE) is a critical concept that represents individuals’ conscious, voluntary, and active participation in achieving environmental sustainability goals in the workplace. With the growing emphasis on sustainability-oriented practices in the business world, employees’ awareness of environmental responsibility and their contributions to sustainable work processes have become key elements of organizational performance. In recent years, academic interest in GWE has significantly increased in the international literature. However, scale development and validation studies on this concept remain quite limited in Turkish literature. To date, no research has examined the validity of the GWE Scale in Turkish. To bridge this gap, the present research conducts the Turkish adaptation of the GWE Scale. Data were collected from a sample of 304 employees working in the manufacturing sector within an organized industrial zone. To assess the construct validity of the scale, CFA was conducted. The analyses confirmed that a reliable measurement tool, consisting of six items and preserving the unidimensional structure of the original scale, was successfully adapted into Turkish. The findings provide strong evidence that the version prepared in Turkish of the GWE Scale serves as a reliable and valid tool to assess green employee engagement across different sectors in Türkiye. This study not only contributes to the Turkish adaptation of the scale but also lays a solid foundation for future research in sustainability-oriented human resource management and organizational behavior. Furthermore, the scale offers valuable support for the development of policies and practices that promote environmental sustainability in the business world, making a significant contribution to the Turkish literature.

Keywords

Work engagement , Green work engagement , Scale adaptation , Validity , Reliability

Yeşil Çalışan Katılımı (Green Work Engagement) Ölçeği Türkçe Geçerlemesi

Abstract

Yeşil çalışan katılımı; bireylerin iş yerinde çevresel sürdürülebilirlik hedeflerine yönelik bilinçli, gönüllü ve aktif katılımını ifade eden kritik bir kavramdır. İş dünyasında sürdürülebilirlik odaklı uygulamaların giderek artmasıyla birlikte, çalışanların çevresel sorumluluk bilinciyle hareket etmeleri ve sürdürülebilir iş süreçlerine katkıda bulunmaları, örgütsel performans açısından önemli bir unsur haline gelmiştir. Son yıllarda uluslararası literatürde yeşil çalışan katılımına yönelik akademik ilginin arttığı görülmektedir. Ancak, Türkçe literatürde bu konuyla ilgili ölçek geliştirme ve geçerlilik çalışmaları oldukça sınırlıdır. Bu bağlamda, Yeşil Çalışan Katılımı (YÇK) Ölçeği’nin geçerliliğini inceleyen bir çalışmaya rastlanmamaktadır. Bu araştırma, söz konusu boşluğu gidermeyi ve YÇK Ölçeğini Türkçe’ye kazandırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Çalışma kapsamında, organize sanayi bölgesinde faaliyet gösteren üretim sektöründen 304 çalışandan oluşan bir örneklem kullanılmıştır. Ölçeğin yapı geçerliliğini analiz etmek gayesiyle Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizi (DFA) uygulanmıştır. Analizler neticesinde, orijinal ölçeğin tek boyutlu yapısını koruyan ve altı maddeden oluşan güvenilir bir ölçme aracı Türkçe’ye uyarlanmıştır. Araştırma bulguları, YÇK Ölçeğinin Türkiye’de farklı sektörlerde yeşil çalışan katılımını ölçmede geçerli ve güvenilir bir araç olarak kullanılabileceğine dair güçlü kanıtlar sunmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, çalışma yalnızca ölçeğin Türkçe’ye uyarlanmasına katkı sağlamakla kalmayıp, sürdürülebilirlik odaklı insan kaynakları yönetimi ve örgütsel davranış alanlarında yapılacak gelecekteki araştırmalar için de sağlam bir temel oluşturmaktadır. Ölçek, iş dünyasında çevresel sürdürülebilirliği teşvik eden politika ve uygulamaların geliştirilmesine yönelik önemli destek sunarak, Türkçe literatüre değerli bir katkı sağlamaktadır.

Keywords

Çalışan katılımı , Geçerlik , Güvenirlik , Ölçek Uyarlama , Yeşil çalışan katılımı.

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