TY - JOUR
T1 - Do personal resources and strengths use increase work engagement?
T2 - The effects of a training intervention
AU - Bakker, Arnold B.
AU - van Wingerden, Jessica
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 American Psychological Association
PY - 2020/10/26
Y1 - 2020/10/26
N2 - This study uses a quasi-experimental research design to investigate whether a personal resources intervention combined with strengths use can increase work engagement. Following job demands–resources theory, we argue that when employees strengthen their beliefs regarding how much control they have over their environment (i.e., increase their personal resources) and use their character strengths, they will be more engaged at work. The intervention focused specifically on impacting assertiveness, self-efficacy, and resilience. We hypothesized that the intervention would increase work engagement through an increase in personal resources. Participants were all enrolled for a personal resources training and were assigned to training intervention groups (n = 54) or waiting-list control groups (n = 48). Results of multivariate analyses of variance supported our hypotheses that the intervention increased personal resources, strengths use, and work engagement. In addition, process analyses using a bootstrapping procedure showed that in the intervention group (not in the control group), the intervention had a positive impact on changes in work engagement through changes in self-efficacy and resilience. We discuss the implications of these findings for job demands–resources theory, as well as the practical implications. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
AB - This study uses a quasi-experimental research design to investigate whether a personal resources intervention combined with strengths use can increase work engagement. Following job demands–resources theory, we argue that when employees strengthen their beliefs regarding how much control they have over their environment (i.e., increase their personal resources) and use their character strengths, they will be more engaged at work. The intervention focused specifically on impacting assertiveness, self-efficacy, and resilience. We hypothesized that the intervention would increase work engagement through an increase in personal resources. Participants were all enrolled for a personal resources training and were assigned to training intervention groups (n = 54) or waiting-list control groups (n = 48). Results of multivariate analyses of variance supported our hypotheses that the intervention increased personal resources, strengths use, and work engagement. In addition, process analyses using a bootstrapping procedure showed that in the intervention group (not in the control group), the intervention had a positive impact on changes in work engagement through changes in self-efficacy and resilience. We discuss the implications of these findings for job demands–resources theory, as well as the practical implications. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
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UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346420552_Do_personal_resources_and_strengths_use_increase_work_engagement_The_effects_of_a_training_intervention
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UR - https://www.isonderhouden.nl/doc/pdf/arnoldbakker/articles/articles_arnold_bakker_529.pdf
U2 - 10.1037/ocp0000266
DO - 10.1037/ocp0000266
M3 - Article
C2 - 33104373
AN - SCOPUS:85101266783
SN - 1076-8998
VL - 26
SP - 20
EP - 30
JO - Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
JF - Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
IS - 1
ER -