Effects of mentoring on work engagement: Work meaningfulness as a mediator

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ligui Lin ◽  
Xuejing Cai ◽  
Jun Yin
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Work Meaningfulness

Work Outcomes of Job Crafting Among the Different Ranks of Project Teams

2020 ◽  
pp. 875697282095881
Author(s):  
Rafał Haffer ◽  
Joanna Haffer ◽  
Donna Lynne Morrow
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Job Design ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Work Meaningfulness ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the effects of job crafting on the work meaningfulness and work engagement of project participants of different ranks. Although previous research has shown that job crafting affects employees’ work outcomes, this topic is under-researched in project management settings. Our findings indicate that work meaningfulness partially mediates the relationship between job crafting and work engagement in the case of project team members and fully mediates it in the case of project managers. They suggest the necessity to apply different means to influence productive project behaviors of the two groups studied. These may include, in particular, changing the approach to job design of project team members and focusing on team job crafting work to build more opportunities to job craft.

scholarly journals Ethical Leadership, Work Meaningfulness, and Work Engagement in the Public Sector

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Mohammed Sayed Mostafa ◽  
Eman Aly Abed El-Motalib
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Hospital Nurses ◽  
Work Meaningfulness ◽  
Substitutes For Leadership Theory ◽  
Substitutes For Leadership ◽  
The Relationship

This study responds to recent calls for research on how and why ethical leadership is related to employee outcomes. Drawing on self-concept–based theory and substitutes-for-leadership theory, the study examines both the mediating and moderating role of work meaningfulness on the relationship between ethical leadership and work engagement. Using a sample of Egyptian public hospital nurses, the results of structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed that work meaningfulness partially mediated the relationship between ethical leadership and engagement. Furthermore, the results showed the positive relationship between ethical leadership and work engagement was stronger for employees who experienced lower rather than higher levels of meaningfulness. Thus, public sector organizations need to put emphasis on nurturing ethical leadership and stimulating employees’ sense of work meaningfulness. However, they need to be aware that, sometimes, they may not be able to get “double the benefits” when they invest in developing both.

Linking Perceived Organizational Frustration to Work Engagement

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabian O. Ugwu ◽  
Ike E. Onyishi
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Work Behaviors ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Work Meaningfulness ◽  
Psychological Meaningfulness ◽  
High Sense ◽  
Positive Work

The study examined the link between perceived organizational frustration and work engagement and the moderating roles of sense of calling and psychological meaningfulness in this link. Primary and postprimary (high) school teachers ( N = 207) from Southeast Nigeria were sampled for the study. Consistent with our propositions, perceived frustration was found to be negatively related to work engagement. Sense of calling and psychological meaningfulness were positively related to work engagement. The results of the moderated regression analyses showed that teachers with high sense of calling were found to be more engaged with their work regardless of perceiving high organizational frustration than their counterparts with low sense of calling. More so, teachers with high psychological meaningfulness were reported to be more engaged with their work despite experiencing high organizational frustration than their counterparts with low psychological meaningfulness. The results of the study suggest that enhancement of sense of calling and work meaningfulness among teachers is desirous, as they could ensure positive work behaviors even in the presence of challenging work environment.

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.

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