... in the relationships of “supervisor social support” and “coworker social support” with the “absence of psychosocial risks.” Moreover, an increase in supervisor social support can lead to a statistically significant increase in work engagement. This occurs only for employees with low or medium identification...

...Arianna Costantini; Andrea Ceschi; Anna Viragos; Francesco De Paola; Riccardo Sartori Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between organisation-based self-esteem (OBSE) and work engagement during a new strength-based intervention over nine months. Design/methodology/approach...

...Daria Sarti Purpose The purpose of this paper is, first, to examine the role of two key organizational determinants of work engagement among employees operating in human service organizations – organizational justice and leader–member exchange (LMX) – in nonprofit organizations – i.e. social...

... questions still unexplored regarding, the relationship between concerns about change and employees’ burnout and work engagement. Moreover, it evaluates the buffering role of social support namely, that of colleagues and superiors, during the anticipation stage of an organizational change process. Design...

...Nik Nadian Nisa Nik Nazli; Sheikh Muhamad Hizam Sheikh Khairudin Purpose This paper aims to identify the relationship between organizational learning culture, psychological contract breach, work engagement, training simulation and transfer of training, to examine the effect of transfer of training...

...Aliyu Yelwa Haruna; Govindan Marthandan Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of foundational competencies on work engagement in the context of the Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) service sector. Design/methodology/approach This is a cross-sectional study conducted...

... development Work engagement Dubin's method Theoretical model Employee engagement is a relatively new but extremely popular concept in the field of Human Resource Development. Such strong interest is driven by claims that organizations looking to leverage employee engagement could ultimately observe...

...Dr Julia Claxton; Daria Sarti Purpose – This study aims to examine the relationship between work engagement and leadership styles in human service organizations (HSOs). Specifically two leadership styles are investigated that are: participative and instrumental leadership style. Design...