Fueling Employees Work Engagement through Work Place Support: Evidence from Ethiopian Public University

Engaging employees through high-involvement work practices

Relationship between Nurses\' Work Effectiveness and Their Work Engagement

Background: Nurses play an important role in the healthcare system and constitute the highest number of healthcare workers. A positive attitude or a positive state of mind at work may increase the ability to carry out the organization's duties, tasks and plans. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between work effectiveness and work engagement of nurses working in the selec...

Cultural leisure activities, recovery and work engagement among hospital employees

This study explored the relationship between cultural leisure activities, recovery experiences and two outcomes among hospital workers. The differences in recovery experiences (detachment, relaxation, mastery and control) and outcomes (work engagement and subjective recovery state) among hospital personnel (N=769) were analysed by the type (receptive or creative) and frequency of cultural activ...

Psychological EmPowErmEnt and work EngagEmEnt as PrEdictors of work satisfaction: a samPlE of hotEl EmPloyEEs

With more organizations looking for employees who take initiative and respond creatively to the challenges of the job, engagement and psychological empowerment becomes important at both individual and organizational levels. Engaged employees are generally more satisfied with their work, committed and effective at work. According to the JDR model (Schaufeli and Bakker, 2004), engagement may be p...

An Evidence - Based Model of Work Engagement

Employees who are engaged in their work are fully connected with their work roles. They are bursting with energy, dedicated to their work, and immersed in their work activities. This article presents an overview of the concept of work engagement. I discuss the antecedents and consequences of engagement. The review shows that job and personal resources are the main predictors of engagement. Thes...