The aim of this study was to assess the levels of work engagement in organizations located in Mexico
City using standardized tests, and to determine its relationship with the occurrence of occupational
burnout (OB), organizational socialization (OS), and psychological resilience. To a sample of 1110
employees, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, the Organizational Socialization Inventory, the
Occupational Burnout Scale, and the Mexican Resilience Scale were applied. A path analysis with
structural equation modeling was carried out to determine the causal relationship between the different
variables, specifically, we were interested to see if OS and resilience influence the levels of work
engagement. Indeed, our model showed a good fit to the data and suggested that SO and resilience
positively affected work engagement. On the contrary, all these measurements were diminished in
OB cases, suggesting that work engagement casually decreased the probability of developing OB.
These findings can be used to design effective interventions to prevent OB and promote positive
behaviors such as work engagement