This scale measures work-life fulfilment (WLF), a broader and more positively-framed construct than conventional work-life balance, capturing the sense that one's work and personal life together add up to a meaningful, thriving existence. It is modelled as a reflective-reflective second-order construct built from six dimensions: confidence in one's ability to handle work challenges, practical balance between work and personal responsibilities, feeling recognised and rewarded at work, physical health supporting a fulfilled life, the strength of one's personal relationships, and the sense that one's work contributes to something larger than oneself. The scale was built through a four-study process combining a systematic literature review, focus groups, content validity indexing, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and predictive validity testing against burnout.
7-point Likert scale
Work Prowess
Work-Life Balance
Reward and Recognition
Healthy Lifestyle
Relationship Management
Self-Transcendence
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Reliability was independently replicated across two samples. Study 3 (n=564): Work Prowess alpha=.90/CR=.92/AVE=.66; Work-Life Balance alpha=.92/CR=.94/AVE=.77; Reward and Recognition alpha=.87/CR=.92/AVE=.79; Healthy Lifestyle alpha=.89/CR=.92/AVE=.75; Relationship Management alpha=.84/CR=.89/AVE=.68; Self-Transcendence alpha=.88/CR=.92/AVE=.74. Study 4 generalizability check (n=325): Work Prowess alpha=.88/CR=.91/AVE=.63; Work-Life Balance alpha=.93/CR=.94/AVE=.77; Reward and Recognition alpha=.89/CR=.93/AVE=.82; Healthy Lifestyle alpha=.91/CR=.93/AVE=.78; Relationship Management alpha=.84/CR=.90/AVE=.68. All dimensions clear .80 comfortably in both samples. Content validity was independently confirmed via item- and scale-level content validity indices (S-CVI/Ave = 0.935, above the 0.90 threshold). WLF significantly and negatively predicted burnout (beta=-0.50) in the nomological validity test. Sample: IT/ITeS and BFSI sector professionals in India.
Khatri, P., Shukla, S., Thomas, A., Shiva, A. and Behl, A. (2025). Towards work life fulfilment: Scale development and validation. Journal of Business Research, 186, 115006.
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