Download or read book The Combined Effects of Psychological Conditions Contributing to the Outcome of Employee Engagement written by Brenda E. Kraner and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organizations today are struggling to attract and retain an engaged workforce. Those organizations who succeed experience an increase in job performance, productivity, customer satisfaction, and employee retention. There is a growing interest in identifying the key factors that contribute to a work environment that is conducive to employee engagement. This study was designed to examine the relative importance of the psychological conditions necessary for employee engagement: a sense of meaningfulness, psychological safety and psychological availability. This study examined engagement in the context of the job itself, the relationships in the work environment, and what the individual brings to the job. The specific predictors of employee engagement examined were: sense of meaningfulness, psychological capital, co-worker relationships and transformational leadership. A 56-item survey was distributed to staff members of a mid-sized four year institution located in the Midwest. While all four factors were positive and significantly correlated to the outcome of engagement, a sense of meaningfulness was the strongest predictor of employee engagement. Psychological capital was the second strongest predictor, followed by positive co-worker relationships and transformational leadership. The findings in this study contribute to what we know about the predictors of employee engagement and provide both scholars and practitioners with a greater understanding of key factors that contribute to the outcome of employee engagement. Implications and directions for future research and practical applications for practitioners is discussed.

Download or read book Employee Engagement in Theory and Practice written by Catherine Truss and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years there has been a weight of evidence suggesting that engagement has a significantly positive impact on productivity, performance and organisational advocacy, as well as individual wellbeing, and a significantly negative impact on intent to quit and absenteeism from the work place. This comprehensive new book is unique as it brings together, for the first time, psychological and critical HRM perspectives on engagement as well as their practical application. Employee Engagement in Theory and Practice will familiarise readers with the concepts and core themes that have been explored in research and their application in a business context via a set of carefully chosen and highly relevant original and case studies, some of which are co-authored by invited practitioners. Written in an accessible manner, this book will be essential reading for scholars in the field, students studying at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as practitioners interested in finding out more about the theoretical underpinnings of engagement alongside its practical application.

Download or read book Enriching Or Depleting written by Nancy Paige Rothbard and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Work Engagement written by Arnold B. Bakker and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2010-04-05 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the most thorough view available on this new and intriguing dimension of workplace psychology, which is the basis of fulfilling, productive work. The book begins by defining work engagement, which has been described as ‘an opposite to burnout,’ following its development into a more complex concept with far reaching implications for work-life. The chapters discuss the sources of work engagement, emphasizing the importance of leadership, organizational structures, and human resource management as factors that may operate to either enhance or inhibit employee’s experience of work. The book considers the implications of work engagement for both the individual employee and the organization as a whole. To address readers’ practical questions, the book provides in-depth coverage of interventions that can enhance employees’ work engagement and improve management techniques. Based upon the most up-to-date research by the foremost experts in the world, this volume brings together the best knowledge available on work engagement, and will be of great use to academic researchers, upper level students of work and organizational psychology as well as management consultants.

Download or read book Enhancing Employee Engagement written by J. Lee Whittington and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an evidence-based approach to understanding declining levels of employee engagement, offering a set of practices that individuals and organizations can adopt in order to improve productivity and organizational performance. It introduces a model outlining how the experience of meaningful work impacts engagement and other organizational attitudes and behaviors. It recognizes the antecedents and consequences of such behavior, recognizing that they must be considered as components of an organizational system rather than in isolation. It will be useful for scholars and practitioners in identifying and remedying the endemic trend of disconnected workers and their negative impact on organizational goals.

Download or read book Psychosocial Safety Climate written by Maureen F. Dollard and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-08-24 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a valuable, comprehensive and unique reference text on Psychosocial Safety Climate (PSC), a new work stress theory. It proposes a new PSC theory concerning the corporate climate for workers’ psychological health, its origins and implications for work stress, and provides a critique of current research and theories. It provides a comprehensive review of all PSC studies to date. The chapters discuss state-of-the-art empirical evidence testing PSC theory in relation to management roles, organisational resilience, corruption, organisational status, cultural perspectives, illegitimate tasks, high PSC work groups, PSC variability in work groups, etc. They investigate outcomes such as psychological distress, emotional exhaustion, depression, worry, engagement, health, cognitive decline, personal initiative, boredom, cynicism, sickness absence, and productivity loss, in various workplace settings across many countries. This unique book allows practitioners to rapidly update practical measures, benchmarks and processes, and provides students and trainees with an introduction to PSC and important concepts and methods, quantitative and qualitative, in occupational health with leads to further sources. Students as well as experts on occupational health and safety, human resource management, occupational health psychology, organisational psychology and practitioners, unions and policy makers will find this book highly informative. It covers relevant materials for undergraduate and postgraduate education, drawing upon the concepts, topics and methods (diary, multilevel, longitudinal, qualitative, data linkage) within the multidisciplinary occupational health area.

Download or read book Unraveling the Role of Psychological Capital on Innovation from the Knowledge Management Perspective written by Yunlong Duan and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-12-20 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Research Agenda for Employee Engagement in a Changing World of Work written by John P. Meyer and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful Research Agenda presents the foundations of employee engagement, providing a framework for future research to serve as an evidence-based guide to practice. Offering an overview of contemporary engagement theory and research, it addresses important new directions for expanding our current understanding of the meaning, focus, development and outcomes of engagement.

Download or read book Employee Engagement written by William H. Macey and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing both practical advice, tools, and case examples, Employee Engagement translates best practices, ideas, and concepts into concrete and practical steps that will change the level of engagement in any organization. Explores the meaning of engagement and how engagement differs significantly from other important yet related concepts like satisfaction and commitment Discusses what it means to create a culture of engagement Provides a practical presentation deck and talking points managers can use to introduce the concept of engagement in their organization Addresses issues of work-life balance, and non-work activities and their relationship to engagement at work

Download or read book Psychological Experiences and Responses in the Global South Amidst and Ahead of the Covid 19 Pandemic written by Nelesh Dhanpat and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased strain and mental health problems due to changing working conditions. Given the existential nature of the pandemic, it remains crucial to establish employee effectiveness, resilience, and agility and to particularly understand the long-term psychological impact the pandemic might have on workplaces. It is essential to recognize how workplaces cope with work-from-home challenges and hybrid working beyond the crises. Building a narrative in our understanding of the psychological, cognitive, and physical experiences and responses of workplaces is critical. It provides the opportunity to help craft the way forward for organizations and employees.

Download or read book Psychological Conditions that Promote Job Engagement written by Zhuo Chen and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Kahn's theoretical model (1990), the following three psychological conditions - meaningfulness, safety, and availability - are the key proximal predictors of job engagement. The current study examined the effects of these three psychological conditions (meaningfulness, safety, and availability) on three aspects of job engagement (JE), using both cross-sectional and daily diary data to examine between-person and within-person relationships among these variables. Psychological conditions were also examined as mediators of relationships between organizational and personal factors and job engagement. Furthermore, positive affect (PA) was tested as a moderator of the relationships between distal predictors and the three psychological conditions. A sample of 430 full-time U.S. employees, recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk, completed baseline surveys; 307 of them completed more than three daily surveys in the following week. Main effects of meaningfulness and availability on physical, cognitive, and emotional JE were significant and positive at both general- and day-level. Safety was only significantly and positively related to emotional JE at general- and day-level. The effects of the three psychological conditions were non-compensatory. Moreover, meaningfulness mediated the effects of skill variety, task significance, work-role fit, supervisor support, and coworker support on all three aspects of JE. Availability mediated the effects of FWC, self-efficacy, and autonomy on all three aspects of JE. PA was demonstrated to be positively associated with all three psychological conditions and JE, and it moderated the supervisor support-availability and coworker support-safety relationships, such that these positive relationships were stronger when PA was low.

Download or read book Political Skill at Work written by Gerald R. Ferris and published by Nicholas Brealey. This book was released on 2011-06-17 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is political skill so important in business? In today's organizations, career success depends more on political skill-the ability to influence, motivate, and win support from others-than on almost any other characteristic. Political Skill at Work delivers the "how" to influence at work, not just the "what." The authors of this innovative study explore how people high in political skill are more successful at getting hired, building a reputation, and establishing leadership. From the worlds of business, politics, education, and sports, they offer compelling examples of political skill in action. And, for the first time, they provide ways to measure and enhance this powerful ability. Anyone interested in personal or professional development will find this book worthwhile.

Download or read book The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Occupational Safety and Workplace Health written by Sharon Clarke and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Organizational Psychology focusing on occupational safety and workplace health. The editors draw on their collective experience to present thematically structured material from leading thinkers and practitioners in the USA, Europe, and Asia Pacific Provides comprehensive coverage of the major contributions that psychology can make toward the improvement of workplace safety and employee health Equips those who need it most with cutting-edge research on key topics including wellbeing, safety culture, safety leadership, stress, bullying, workplace health promotion and proactivity

Download or read book New Developments in Theoretical and Conceptual Approaches to Job Stress written by Daniel C. Ganster and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promotes theory and research in the area of occupational stress, health and well being, and brings together and showcases the work of some of the best researchers and theorists who contribute to this area. This collection gives a critical assessment of knowledge, and major gaps in knowledge, on occupational stress and well being.

Download or read book The psychological outcomes for leadership and employees in the education sector written by Muhammad Waheed Akhtar and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-12-20 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Data Driven Decision Making for Long Term Business Success written by Singh, Sonia and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-12-21 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's academic environment, the challenge of ensuring lasting commercial and economic success for organizations has become more daunting than ever before. The relentless surge in data-driven decision-making, based on innovative technologies such as blockchain, IoT, and AI, has created a digital frontier filled with complexity. Maintaining a healthy firm that can continually provide innovative products and services to the public while fueling economic growth has become a formidable puzzle. Moreover, this digital transformation has ushered in new risks, from pervasive cybersecurity threats to the ethical challenges surrounding artificial intelligence. In this evolving landscape, academic scholars face the pressing challenge of deciphering the path to long-term organizational prosperity in an era dominated by data. Data-Driven Decision Making for Long-Term Business Success serves as guidance and insights amidst this academic challenge. It is the definitive solution for scholars seeking to uncover the complexities of data-driven decision-making and its profound impact on organizational success. Each meticulously curated chapter delves into a specific facet of this transformative journey, from the implications of modern technologies and pricing optimization to the ethics underpinning data-driven strategies and the metaverse's influence on decision-making.

Download or read book The Relationship Between Psychological Conditions for Engagement and Voluntary Turnover written by Krista M. Niemela and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between psychological conditions for engagement and voluntary turnover. In addition to the direct effects of psychological meaningfulness, psychological availability, and psychological safety on voluntary turnover, job performance and average annual salary growth were explored as moderators of these relationships. Responses to an organization-wide annual survey from 4,639 high tech company employees were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression. Results indicated that there were weak direct relationships between the conditions for engagement and voluntary turnover. Furthermore, only job performance moderated the relationship between psychological safety and voluntary turnover, such that the relationship between safety and voluntary turnover was negative when job performance was low; however there was no relationship between safety and voluntary turnover when job performance was high. Explanations and implications of these findings are discussed.