scholarly journals Work satisfaction, psychological resiliency and sense of coherence as correlates of work engagement

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1451610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romuald Derbis ◽  
Arkadiusz M. Jasiński ◽  
Traci Craig
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Work Satisfaction

scholarly journals Gender Differences in Work Satisfaction, Work Engagement and Work Efficiency of Employees during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case in Slovenia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 8791
Author(s):  
Maja Rožman ◽  
Simona Sternad Zabukovšek ◽  
Samo Bobek ◽  
Polona Tominc
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Work Satisfaction ◽  
Work Efficiency ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Rapid Transition ◽  
And Gender

The COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown has caused massive economic disruption, leading businesses to make a rapid transition and take a new approach to business strategy. Therefore, the aim of the paper is to examine if there are statistically significant gender differences in work satisfaction, work engagement, and work efficiency among employees who work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, the paper aims to identify the importance of individual dimensions of work satisfaction, work engagement, and work efficiency, and gender differences perspective. The research is based on a survey of 785 employees in Slovenian companies. The factor analysis and the t-test for two independent samples were used to test the research hypotheses. Findings: The results show significant gender differences in work satisfaction, work engagement, and work efficiency among employees who work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper provides change management insights and recommendations to assist companies in minimizing the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their employees.

Relationship between sense of coherence, health and work engagement among nurses

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 1620-1630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Carmen Malagon‐Aguilera ◽  
Rosa Suñer‐Soler ◽  
Anna Bonmatí‐Tomas ◽  
Cristina Bosch‐Farré ◽  
Sandra Gelabert‐Vilella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Sense Of Coherence

scholarly journals Burnout, work engagement and sense of coherence in female academics in higher-education institutions in South Africa

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adéle Bezuidenhout ◽  
Frans V.N. Cilliers
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
The Body ◽  
University Management ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Psychometric Instrument ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
The Individual

Orientation: Female academics in higher-education institutions face numerous challenges in the continuously changing landscape of South African higher education. Mergers, increasing job demands, ever-increasing class sizes and role conflict inherent in the female role contribute extensively to the manifestation of stress and burnout in this population group.Research purpose: This research was conducted from a salutogenic paradigm, seeking to find ways of avoiding the negative consequences of burnout and contributing towards the positive experience of work engagement for the female academic. The research also explored the effect of the individual academic’s sense of coherence (SOC) on her experience of burnout and work engagement.Research design, approach and method: The research was quantitative in nature. A psychometric instrument was sent to all the permanently employed female academics at Unisa and Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), measuring their levels of burnout, work engagement and SOC. The completed questionnaires were statistically analysed.Main findings: The findings included average levels of burnout, with definite signs that the experience of burnout is on the increase. The cynicism sub-dimension of burnout showed increased levels, work engagement scores were just above average and SOC scores were low.Practical/managerial implications: This article offers a psychological interpretation of the variables in the target group. The article contributes towards the body of research studies conducted from a positive psychological paradigm and, specifically, on the female gender.Contribution/value-add: The main recommendations are that university management needs to take cognisance of the alarming symptoms of burnout present in the population under discussion. Strategies are recommended to address these and to nurture work engagement.

scholarly journals The job demands-resources model of work engagement in South African call centres

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg ◽  
Billy Boonzaier ◽  
Michèle Boonzaier
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Team Effectiveness ◽  
Leadership Effectiveness ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Job Resources ◽  
Call Centre ◽  
Call Centres

Orientation: A ‘sacrificial human resource strategy’ is practised in call centres, resulting in poor employee occupational health. Consequently, questions are posed in terms of the consequences of call centre work and which salient antecedent variables impact the engagement and wellbeing of call centre representatives.Research purpose: Firstly, to gauge the level of employee engagement amongst a sample of call centre representatives in South Africa and, secondly, to track the paths through which salient personal and job resources affect this engagement. More specifically, the relationships between sense of coherence, leadership effectiveness, team effectiveness and engagement were investigated, thus testing the Job Demands-Resources model of work engagement.Motivation for the study: To present an application of the Job Demands-Resources model of work engagement in a call centre environment in order to diagnose current ills and consequently propose remedies.Research design: A cross-sectional survey design was used and a non-probability convenient sample of 217 call centre representatives was selected. The measuring instruments comprise the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale to measure engagement, the Team Diagnostic Survey to measure team effectiveness, the leadership practices inventory to gauge leadership effectiveness, and the Orientation to Life Questionnaire to measure sense of coherence. A series of structural equation modelling analyses were performed.Main findings: Contrary to the ‘electronic sweatshop’ image attached to call centre jobs depicted in the literature, results show a high level of employee engagement for call centre representatives in the sample. Also, personal resources such as sense of coherence and job resources such as team effectiveness related significantly to engagement. A non-significant relationship exists between leadership effectiveness and engagement.Practical/managerial implications: Both the content and context of jobs need to be addressed to increase the personal and job resources of call centre representatives.Contribution/value-add: The Job Demands-Resources model of work engagement can be used to improve the occupational health and performance of employees in call centres.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP STYLE ON WORK ENGAGEMENT WITH WORK SATISFACTION AS INTERVENING VARIABLES IN K3PG

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ayu Listya Anggraini ◽  
Muhammad Rosyihuddin ◽  
Eva Desembrianita
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Work Satisfaction ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Transformational Leadership Style ◽  
Intervening Variables

This study aims to analyze the effect of transformational leadership style and work satisfaction on work engagement. The population used in this study were 109 employees of the Petrokimia Gresik Family Employee Cooperative. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling with the criteria working period of at least 5 years, so the number of samples used was 80 people. The analysis model used is path analysis using SPSS. The research results show that: There is a positive and significant effect of transformational leadership style on work engagement, transformational leadership has positif effect on on work satisfaction, positive and significant effect of work satisfaction on work engagement, and There is a positive influence and significant transformational leadership style on work engagement through work satisfaction. Its indicated that the leaders should be consistent in applying transformational leadership styles and increase employee work satisfaction to increase work engagement for their employees. When employees have work engagement, they will become productive at work so they can make the best contribution to the company.

scholarly journals Incremental validity of work-related sense of coherence in predicting work wellness

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanet C. Van der Westhuizen
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Specific Work ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Context Specific

Orientation: Sense of coherence and, more recently, work-related sense of coherence are regarded as significant variables in promoting the management of employees’ wellness in modern organisations. Research purpose: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether work-related sense of coherence, as a context-specific application of sense of coherence, provides incremental validity over and above sense of coherence in explaining indicators of work wellness. Motivation for the study: It is important to know if the context-specific, work-related sense of coherence is a better predictor of work wellness in comparison with general sense of coherence in order to guide interventions aimed at the development and enhancement of employees’ wellness. Research approach, design and method: A cross-sectional survey design was used with a convenience sample (N = 734) of part-time and full-time working adults completing an online module at a distance education institution. A biographical questionnaire, the Work-related sense of coherence (SoC) Questionnaire, the Orientation to Life Questionnaire, the Fatigue Scale and Work Engagement Scale were administered. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed to achieve the objective of the study. Main findings: Work-related sense of coherence displayed incremental validity over and above that of sense of coherence in predicting work engagement and fatigue. However, sense of coherence was a stronger predictor of fatigue, while work-related sense of coherence was a stronger predictor of work engagement. Practical managerial implications: In planning interventions to address the work engagement or fatigue of employees, work-related sense of coherence could be used as a practical indicator of coherent work experiences, especially in predicting work engagement. Contribution: The results of the study should provide new insight into the shared variance between work-related sense of coherence and sense of coherence. The results indicated that the factors are interrelated but independent and that work-related sense of coherence adds incremental variance in predicting work engagement and fatigue in the context of work.

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