Development of the Work Related Well Being Questionnaire Based on Seligman's PERMA Model
Drawing on recent research on determinants of subjective well being, we developed and conducted a pilot study of an employee well being questionnaire using M. Seligman's (2011) multidimensional PERMA model P ositive emotion, E ngagement, positive Relationships, M eaning, and A ccomplishment) model. Employees (N 397) from postgraduate courses at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) completed a survey including 56 items which were theoretically relevant to the PERMA theory. Factor analyses recovered the expected five PERMA components and a negative emotion factor. Based on factor and reliability analyses, we reduced the 56 PERMA items to 35 items. Our results support the multidimensional approach to defining and measuring multidimensional well being. A multidimensional well being assessment may be useful for understanding employees' well being, which can then be applied when developing policy and practice to increase well being for all employees at work.