Work engagement measures: A systematic literature review

Most of the time, literature defines work engagement as a positive mental state characterized by the psychological presence at work and involving physical, emotional, and cognitive components. This systematic literature review aimed to identify instruments to measure engagement in the international context. We defined information sources, a search strategy, paper eligibility criteria, analysis criteria, and a data extraction process and present results. A total of 71 studies retrieved from online scientific databases were analyzed, including journal papers, book chapters, books, and manuals. We identified 25 Likert-type scales (of which 15 were analyzed) that differ from each other according to the perspective on work engagement. It is considered that, by pointing out a range of different psychometric scales as well as adjusting each one to four different theoretical perspectives, this paper may assist researchers in choosing the scale that is most aligned with their research objectives.