scholarly journals Work Engagement, Intrinsic Motivation and Job Satisfaction among Employees of a Diamond Mining Company in Zimbabwe

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 488-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Polite Masvaure ◽  
A. Maharaj .
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Mining Company ◽  
Utrecht Work Engagement Scale ◽  
Diamond Mining ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
Human Resource Interventions

This paper seeks to establish the relationships between three job characteristics constructs, namely work engagement, intrinsic motivation and job satisfaction in a workplace notorious for discord and conflict between workers and employers. A quantitative methodology was adopted using a crosssectional survey. Respondents were selected from the workers at a mining company, with a final sample of 156 employees participating in the study. The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Intrinsic Motivation Inventory and the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire were used to collect data. The results of the study indicate positive relationships between job satisfaction, work engagement and intrinsic motivation among the workers. Age and marital status were found to be significant contributors to workers’ job satisfaction, intrinsic motivation and work engagement. Implications of these results are that human resource interventions are required in order to deal with enhancing work engagement, intrinsic motivation and job satisfaction. Furthermore, the results indicate that intrinsic motivation and work engagement can enhance job satisfaction. The current study adds to the research pointing at job satisfaction as a promising underlying mechanism for employees’ to be internally motivated and engaged at work.

scholarly journals Job satisfaction, organisational commitment and work engagement in an insurance company

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norah Sehunoe ◽  
Rian Viviers ◽  
Claude-Helene Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
South African ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Knowledge Worker ◽  
Medium Effect ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Organisational Commitment ◽  
Utrecht Work Engagement Scale ◽  
Job Satisfaction Survey ◽  
The Relationship

Retaining talented employees and keeping them healthy and well are increasingly important challenges for organisations in the age of the knowledge worker. Organisations are interrogating aspects such as the reasons why some employees are more satisfied, committed and engaged to their organisations than others. Another question is: what should managers do to ensure employee wellness within their organisations? This study explores the relationship between job satisfaction, organisational commitment and work engagement. Spector’s (1997) Job Satisfaction Survey, Allen and Meyer’s (1990) Organisational Commitment Questionnaire and Schaufeli and Bakker’s (2004) Utrecht Work Engagement Scale were administered to a sample of 220 employees from a South African insurance company. The findings show mixed results with regard to significant correlations between job satisfaction, organisational commitment and work engagement. The majority of the findings suggest that there are significant correlations, of a large and medium effect, between scales, including a number of positive relationships of varying strength between job satisfaction, organisational commitment and selected components of work engagement. The findings could benefit organisations as they could contribute to a better understanding of what motivates their workers, particularly their levels of satisfaction, commitment and engagement, and what the combined effect of these might be on the retention and wellness of employees.

scholarly journals Application of Business Intelligence in the Post-Industrial Period

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ugo Udović
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Job Attitudes ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Utrecht Work Engagement Scale ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Post Industrial

The purpose of the article is a theoretical and empirical analysis of the job insecurity due its influence on the employee job attitudes. Design. The design of the study was longitudinal. The empirical results were collected in 2018–2019. The empirical basis of the research is the separate structural department of the bank. The organization has realized downsizing project during the collection of empirical data. It has made possible to analyze the job satisfaction and work engagement before, during and after the downsizing project. The measures used in the present study are: 1) the “Utrecht Work Engagement Scale”; 2) “Brief Job Satisfaction Measure; 3) “The Job Insecurity Scale”. An empirical analysis of the dynamics of job attitudes in the groups differ in age and gender has found out a short-term motivating effect of the threat of job loss. The motivating effect of the threat of job loss is lost during six months. The most significance motivating effect was wound out in within the group of ordinary employees in the senior category over 45 years. The threat of dismissal also has the greatest impact on the behavior change of that part of the staff that is most susceptible to experiencing job insecurity. The employees who perceived the job insecurity are more satisfied with their work and value it more highly.

scholarly journals The Impact of Job Insecurity on Employee Attitudes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olja Arsenijević ◽  
◽  
Polona Šprajc ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Job Attitudes ◽  
Employee Attitudes ◽  
Utrecht Work Engagement Scale ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of the article is a theoretical and empirical analysis of the job insecurity due its influence on the employee job attitudes. Design. The design of the study was longitudinal. The empirical results were collected in 2018–2019. The empirical basis of the research is the separate structural department of the bank. The organization has realized downsizing project during the collection of empirical data. It has made possible to analyze the job satisfaction and work engagement before, during and after the downsizing project. The measures used in the present study are: 1) the “Utrecht Work Engagement Scale”; 2) “Brief Job Satisfaction Measure; 3) “The Job Insecurity Scale”. An empirical analysis of the dynamics of job attitudes in the groups differ in age and gender has found out a short-term motivating effect of the threat of job loss. The motivating effect of the threat of job loss is lost during six months. The most significance motivating effect was wound out in within the group of ordinary employees in the senior category over 45 years. The threat of dismissal also has the greatest impact on the behavior change of that part of the staff that is most susceptible to experiencing job insecurity. The employees who perceived the job insecurity are more satisfied with their work and value it more highly.

An empirical investigation of sexual harassment and work engagement: Surprising differences between men and women

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Ann Cogin ◽  
Alan Fish
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Sexual Experiences ◽  
Negative Outcomes ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Utrecht Work Engagement Scale ◽  
Strong Negative Relationship

AbstractResearch has demonstrated the growing prevalence of sexual harassment (SH) across continents, industries and occupations as well as the associated negative outcomes (Glomb et al. 1999). Not surprisingly, job satisfaction is one of the job-related variables that is frequently investigated in the SH literature, with Lapierre et al. (2005) meta-analytically establishing that SH significantly diminishes job satisfaction. Other studies have argued, however, that ‘satisfied’ employees do not necessarily perform to the best of their abilities (Crossman & Abou-Zaki 2003) and that work engagement is a better construct to understand what makes employees ‘go the extra mile’ (Hallgerg & Schaufeli 2006; Buckingham & Coffman 1999). This study, conducted in Australia, adopted the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (Schaufeli et al. 2002a), as an empirical gauge of the construct ‘work engagement’ and the Sexual Experiences Questionnaire (Fitzgerald et al. 1988) to measure SH. A strong negative relationship was established in addition to significant differences in the SH experiences of men and women.

An empirical investigation of sexual harassment and work engagement: Surprising differences between men and women

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Ann Cogin ◽  
Alan Fish
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Sexual Experiences ◽  
Negative Outcomes ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Utrecht Work Engagement Scale ◽  
Strong Negative Relationship

AbstractResearch has demonstrated the growing prevalence of sexual harassment (SH) across continents, industries and occupations as well as the associated negative outcomes (Glomb et al. 1999). Not surprisingly, job satisfaction is one of the job-related variables that is frequently investigated in the SH literature, with Lapierre et al. (2005) meta-analytically establishing that SH significantly diminishes job satisfaction. Other studies have argued, however, that ‘satisfied’ employees do not necessarily perform to the best of their abilities (Crossman & Abou-Zaki 2003) and that work engagement is a better construct to understand what makes employees ‘go the extra mile’ (Hallgerg & Schaufeli 2006; Buckingham & Coffman 1999). This study, conducted in Australia, adopted the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (Schaufeli et al. 2002a), as an empirical gauge of the construct ‘work engagement’ and the Sexual Experiences Questionnaire (Fitzgerald et al. 1988) to measure SH. A strong negative relationship was established in addition to significant differences in the SH experiences of men and women.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Kepuasan Kerja Terhadap Keterikatan Kerja pada Karyawan Rumah Sakit

PSYCHE 165 ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 217-222
Author(s):  
Herio Rizki Dewinda ◽  
Djamaludin Ancok ◽  
Nilam Widyarini
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Measuring Instrument ◽  
Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire ◽  
Hospital Employees ◽  
Utrecht Work Engagement Scale ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Permanent Employees

This study aims to examine the effect of job satisfaction on work engagement in hospital employees. The study sample was taken from permanent employees at the SP Hospital in West Sumatra with a total number of subjects as many as 285 people, sampling was done by proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The measuring instrument used is the result of an adaptation of a pre-existing measuring instrument by changing the measuring instrument to Indonesian. Work engagement is measured using the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES), while job satisfaction is measured using the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. Based on the results of data analysis conducted, the hypothesis was accepted, there was a significant effect between job satisfaction on work engagement in hospital employees, as indicated by the t-value of 10.681 with a significance of 0.000 (p <0.05). The contribution of job satisfaction to work engagement is 28.7% and the rest is influenced by other variables.

Arbeitsengagement zur Messung von positiver beruflicher Beanspruchung im Lehrberuf – eine berufsübergreifende Validierung

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Anita Sandmeier ◽  
Debbie Mandel
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Utrecht Work Engagement Scale ◽  
Deutschsprachige Version ◽  
Engagement Scale

Zusammenfassung. Die Forschung zu Beanspruchung im Lehrberuf ist nach wie vor stark auf negative Auswirkungen wie Stress, Erschöpfung und Burnout fokussiert. Um ein vollständiges Bild zu erhalten, müssen auch die positiven Aspekte von Beanspruchung analysiert werden. Dafür bietet sich ein Konstrukt an, das sich in der internationalen arbeits- und organisationspsychologischen Forschung in den vergangenen Jahren durchgesetzt und in verschiedenen Berufsfeldern und nationalen Kontexten bewährt hat: Arbeitsengagement, gemessen mit der Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). Der vorliegende Beitrag analysiert die deutschsprachige Version der 9-Item Version der UWES an einer Stichprobe von Lehrerinnen und Lehrern ( N = 162) im Vergleich mit Personen aus intellektuell-forschenden Berufen ( N = 195). Konfirmatorische Mehrgruppen-Faktoranalysen zeigten, dass die UWES-9 über beide Berufsgruppen hinweg messinvariant ist. Die latente Mittelwertsanalyse ergab, dass die Lehrerinnen und Lehrer in Bezug auf das Arbeitsengagement besser abschneiden als die Fachkräfte der anderen Gruppe. Dabei hängt das Arbeitsengagement in beiden Gruppen wie erwartet positiv mit affektivem organisationalem Commitment und negativ mit der Kündigungsabsicht zusammen, was die Validität der deutschen Version des Tests belegt. Vor dem Hintergrund dieser Erkenntnisse wird am Schluss des Beitrags das Potenzial des Konstrukts für die Erforschung der positiven Beanspruchung im Lehrberuf diskutiert.

The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale: An evaluation of two versions

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maura J. Mills ◽  
Satoris S. Culbertson ◽  
Clive Fullagar
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Utrecht Work Engagement Scale ◽  
Engagement Scale
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