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Thriving from work questionnaire: German translation and validation.

Stephanie M Neidlinger^1,2, Susan E Peters³, Daniel A Gundersen^3,4,5

¹Department of Work, Organizational, and Business Psychology, Helmut-Schmidt University, 22043, Hamburg, Germany. neidlinger@hsu-hh.de.

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Summary

The German Thriving from Work questionnaire is a reliable and valid measure of employee well-being. This validated tool helps assess positive well-being and work-life integration in German-speaking employees.

Keywords:

Germany Item response theory Questionnaires Study validation Worker well-being

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Occupational Health Psychology
Psychometrics

Background:

Employee well-being is crucial for meaningful work experiences.
Accurate assessment tools are necessary to measure employee well-being.
The Thriving from Work questionnaire is a validated indicator of positive employee well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

To translate and validate the Thriving from Work questionnaire into German.
To assess the reliability, validity, and dimensionality of the German version.
To examine criterion validity with work and life outcomes.

Main Methods:

Translation of the Thriving from Work questionnaire into German.
Psychometric evaluation using item response theory.
Validation with a sample of 567 German employees.

Main Results:

The German Thriving from Work questionnaire (long and short versions) demonstrated good reliability and construct validity.
Criterion validity was confirmed through associations with life satisfaction, trust, general well-being, fatigue, and stress.
The translated questionnaire is a dependable measure for employee well-being.

Conclusions:

The German version of the Thriving from Work questionnaire is a reliable and valid measure of employee well-being.
The study supports the use of this tool in research and practice for German-speaking populations.
Recommendations for future research and adaptation are discussed.