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Index of Psychological Well-being at Work—Validation of Tool in the Indian Organizational Context

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  • Gargi Sandilya
  • Ghazi Shahnawaz

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Well-being has been a much valued emotion culling the interest of philosophers and researchers alike. Well-being at work is an even more significant construct in the current scenario where each individual invests more than half of their waking hours in work or work-related activities. While some researchers have worked on indigenous tools to measure generic well-being in the Indian cultural arena, there are no indigenous context-specific tools to measure well-being at work. Internationally, only three models for well-being at work were found. This article attempts to fill the gap in current literature by validating the Index of Psychological Well-being at Work (IPWBW) designed by Dagenais-Desmarais and Savoie (2011, What is psychological well-being, really? A grassroots approach from the organizational sciences. Journal of Happiness Studies, 13 (4), 659–684) for the employees working in India. The sample in this study consists of employees from automobile and automotive parts manufacturers. Construct validity of IPWBW was established using confirmatory factor analysis, establishing convergent and divergent validity as well as getting Cronbach’s alpha for the scale. The final scale has 17 items across five dimensions. Psychological well-being at work was also established as a higher order construct.

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  • Gargi Sandilya & Ghazi Shahnawaz, 2018. "Index of Psychological Well-being at Work—Validation of Tool in the Indian Organizational Context," Vision, , vol. 22(2), pages 174-184, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:vision:v:22:y:2018:i:2:p:174-184
    DOI: 10.1177/0972262918766134
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