Study shows measurement invariance of employee engagement instrument across racial groups

摘要

Companies are increasingly eager to monitor their employees' levels of engagement, but there has been little research on the multi-group invariance of the employee engagement instrument (EEI) being used to make these assessments. To address this failure, a recent South African study set out to determine if an employee engagement questionnaire demonstrated invariance across various racial groups in the financial sector. The researchers concluded that an adapted version of the EEI could be used with confidence to measure engagement across four different racial groups (African, colored, Indian, and white).