Development of the Energy Management Scale

We explored energy management strategies and developed the Energy Management Scale to facilitate future research and practice in human energy management. Participants were 1,005 employees from multiple organizations and they were divided into 4 samples. The scale reliabilities were acceptable for the physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental energy management dimensions. The initial validity of the scale supported its ability to predict employees’ work engagement, recovery, and burnout. Each energy management strategy led to enhanced work engagement. Also, emotional energy management was the most functional in activating recovery processes, and physical energy management was the least functional in reducing work burnout. We have provided a behavioral guide for personnel management and shed light on the implications of energy management for future research.