Emotional Salary Insertion Scale: Validation Using Unique Variable Analysis and Exploratory Graph Analysis

Introduction/objectives: emotional salary comprises non-monetary compensations that influence employees motivation, job satisfaction, performance, and well-being. The aim of this study was to validate the Emotional Salary Insertion Scale. Methodology: an instrumental study was conducted with a sample of 566 employees from the city of Arequipa (53% men and 47% women), with a mean age of 28.30 years. The Emotional Salary Insertion Instrument was administered, and analyses were performed using R software, applying Unique Variable Analysis (UVA), Exploratory Graph Analysis (EGA), and a bootstrap procedure with 1,000 resamples to assess the stability of items and dimensions. Results: responses were concentrated at moderate to high levels. The EGA identified a 12 item structure grouped into three dimensions: Work Relationships, Growth and Cohesion, and Work Flexibility, which showed adequate stability, structural consistency, and metric invariance across gender. Conclusions: the instrument demonstrated adequate internal structure validity and structural consistency (reliability), supporting its use as a brief and valid measure for the Peruvian context.