LA FELICIDAD EN EL TRABAJO: VALIDACIÓN DE UNA ESCALA DE MEDIDA.

Workers' happiness is a determining factor of their short- and long-term efficiency. Several scholars have attempted to develop happiness measurement frameworks. The present work analyzes the validity of a scale proposed by Del Junco, Espasandín, Dutschke, and Palacios (2013) in which factors determining worker happiness are elucidated and examined. The work provides a guide for validating scales using a structural and confirmatory approach on the basis of data derived from 262 companies in the province of Seville (Spain). The scale examines two dimensions--factors related to the job and factors related to the worker--that confirm the need to combine both individual and environmental perspectives when analyzing worker happiness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]