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just this by recruiting participants from a variety of Dutch organisations to take part in an internet study. Results of
the work strongly support the originally proposed three-factor structure, and a number of confirmatory factor
analyses in each of the 8 Dutch organisations subsequently found the suggested three-factor structure. Similarly,
Schutte et al. (2000) conducted confirmatory factor analysis using data from respondents of three different
nations. Results show that the fit of the expected three-factor model was clearly superior to alternative one-factor
and two-factor models, with the results replicated in five occupational groups as well as in the samples from three
nations. Finally, Richardsen and Martinussen (2005) assessed the factorial validity of 7 different hypothetical
models, consisting of data from 694 participants. It was found that the model which best represented the original
conceptualisation of the MBI provided the best fit, and once allowances for particular errors was factored in the
model was found to be an excellent fit. Therefore results from the three studies suggest that the three-factor
model of the MBI best represents what is measured by the MBI-GS, making it a good measure of the burnout
phenomenon amongst a general population.