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The Impact of Personal Resources and Job Crafting Interventions on Work Engagement and Performance
Author(s) -
Van Wingerden Jessica,
Derks Daantje,
Bakker Arnold B.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.21758
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , work engagement , intervention (counseling) , psychology , job design , job performance , applied psychology , work (physics) , employee engagement , social psychology , job satisfaction , public relations , political science , engineering , mechanical engineering , psychiatry
This study examined the impact of organizational interventions on work engagement and performance. Based on the job demands–resources model, we hypothesized that a personal resources intervention and a job crafting intervention would have a positive impact on work engagement and performance. We used a quasi‐experimental design with a control group. Primary school teachers participated in the study at two time points with six weeks between the measurements ( N = 102). The results showed that the personal resources intervention had a positive causal effect on work engagement. Additionally, the joint personal resources and job crafting intervention had a positive impact on self‐ratings of job performance. We discuss the implications of these findings for theory and practice. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.