Work Passion: Construction of Reliable and Valid Measurement Scale in the Indian Context

Rupali Johri, Rajnish Kumar Misra and Sharmistha Bhattacharjee

Global Business Review, 2016, vol. 17, issue 3_suppl, 147S-158S

Abstract: Today ‘work passion’ is highly sought-after human capability to overcome intensifying environmental challenges. In this paper, we develop and validate the measure of ‘work passion’ in India. Two separate studies were conducted in this regard. In Study 1, work passion scale was developed and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted to examine its factor structure and reliability. In Study 2, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted and construct validity was examined through its convergent and discriminant validity. Results of both EFA and CFA yielded a 17-item work passion scale (WPS) with four distinct dimensions: work enjoyment, self-motivation, self-identity and sense of learning. The model emerged as a perfect fit on various fit indices. Analyses reveal high internal consistency for both the total scale ( α = 0.93) and the four sub-scales ( α ’s from 0.89 to 0.92). The resulted 17-item WPS is a short, reliable, valid and easy to administer measure that holds potential for use in future research and practice.

Keywords: Work passion; joy; enthusiasm; vitality; internal motivation; sense of learning; EFA; CFA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/0972150916631206

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