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Relationships among perceived career support, affective commitment, and work engagement
Author(s) -
Poon June M. L.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207594.2013.768768
Subject(s) - psychology , work engagement , social psychology , test (biology) , organizational commitment , perceived organizational support , work (physics) , employee engagement , survey data collection , applied psychology , public relations , paleontology , mechanical engineering , statistics , mathematics , engineering , biology , political science
This study sought to test the predictive effects of perceived career support and affective commitment on work engagement. It was hypothesized that perceived career support would relate positively to work engagement and this relationship would be transmitted through affective commitment. Survey data were collected from 115 full‐time employees enrolled as part‐time graduate students in a large public university in Malaysia. Multiple regression analysis yielded results indicating that the relationship between perceived career support and work engagement was mediated by affective commitment. This finding suggests that employers can promote employee work engagement by ensuring employees perceive their organization to be supportive of their career and increasing employees' level of affective commitment.