Yip, Chad Chew Eun, Machin, Tony, and Goh, Yong Wah (2025) Development of the Singapore workplace wellbeing scale. Cogent Psychology, 12 (1). 2571296.

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Abstract

The present research described the development of the Singapore Workplace Wellbeing scale which identified the factors that influence employee wellbeing in the Singapore workplace context. Participants completed an online survey in two separate studies. Study 1 involved (N = 318) conducting a parallel analysis followed by exploratory factor analysis on items generated from a qualitative study in the first phase of the research in which 13 workplace wellbeing factors unique to the Singapore context were identified. A confirmation factor analysis was conducted on study 2 (N = 303) which confirmed a 13-factor scale with 99 items. These factors were support from boss, fairness, autonomy, meaningful work, co-worker relationship, role clarity, work-life balance, learning and professional growth, person-organisation fit, employee engagement, employee recognition, flexitime work, accomplishment, and organisation support. The new scale showed sound construct reliability, internal consistency, convergent validity, discriminant, and nomological validity. Importantly, the scale showed significant and positive association with job performance and flourishing, but a significant and negative association with burnout and the negative emotional state of depression, anxiety, and stress. The scale has significant potential to be used as workplace wellbeing screening tool and in research in the Singapore context. Implications, future directions, and limitations of the research are discussed.

Item ID:	90242
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	2331-1908
Keywords:	Comfirmatory factor analysis, exploratory factor analysis, parallel analysis, scale development, Singapore, workplace wellbeing
Copyright Information:	© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
Sensitivity Note:	The Singapore Workplace Wellbeing Scale (SWWB) is the intellectual property of the authors. The scale items and scoring instructions are protected under copyright law, and the scale name is subject to trademark protection. Academic and research use: The SWWB may be freely used for non-commercial research, teaching, and academic purposes with proper citation of the original source (Yip et al., 2025). Commercial use: Any use of the SWWB for commercial, consulting, or organizational assessment purposes requires prior written permission from the authors.
Date Deposited:	30 Jan 2026 02:01
FoR Codes:	52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5201 Applied and developmental psychology > 520104 Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors) @ 100%
SEO Codes:	20 HEALTH > 2004 Public health (excl. specific population health) > 200409 Mental health @ 50% 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology @ 50%
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