Work Engagement: A Handbook of Essential Theory and Research

by Bakker; Arnold B.

• ISBN13: 9781841697369
• ISBN10: 1841697362
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-14
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Arnold B. Bakker is full professor at the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His research interests include positive organizational behavior (e.g.flow and engagement at work, performance), burnout, crossover of work-related emotions, and serious games on organizational phenomena. Michael P. Leiter is Canada Research Chair in Organizational Health and Professor of Psychology at Acadia University and Director of the Center for Organizational Research Development that applies high quality research methods to human resource issues. He is actively involved as a consultant on occupational issues in Canada, the USA, and Europe.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. vii
Work engagement: Introduction	p. 1
Defining and measuring work engagement: Bringing clarity to the concept	p. 10
Not all days are created equal: The concept of state work engagement	p. 25
The push and pull of work: The differences between workaholism and work engagement	p. 39
The power of positive psychology: Psychological capital and work engagement	p. 54
Feeling energetic at work: On vigor's antecedents	p. 69
Using the job demands-resources model to predict engagement: Analysing a conceptual model	p. 85
A meta-analysis of work engagement: Relationships with burnout, demands, resources, and consequences	p. 102
The gain spiral of resources and work engagement: Sustaining a positive worklife	p. 118
Engagement and human thriving: Complementary perspectives on energy and connections to work	p. 132
From thought to action: Employee work engagement and job performance	p. 147
Building engagement: The design and evaluation of interventions	p. 164
Where to go from here: Integration and future research on work engagement	p. 181
Author index	p. 197
Subject index	p. 205
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