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WORK ENGAGEMENT: A QUANTITATIVE REVIEW AND TEST OF ITS RELATIONS WITH TASK AND CONTEXTUAL PERFORMANCE
Author(s) -
CHRISTIAN MICHAEL S.,
GARZA ADELA S.,
SLAUGHTER JEREL E.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2010.01203.x
Subject(s) - nomological network , work engagement , psychology , construct (python library) , social psychology , industrial and organizational psychology , employee engagement , construct validity , test (biology) , task (project management) , job performance , discriminant validity , work (physics) , job satisfaction , structural equation modeling , psychometrics , management , developmental psychology , computer science , mechanical engineering , paleontology , internal consistency , machine learning , engineering , economics , biology , programming language
Many researchers have concerns about work engagement's distinction from other constructs and its theoretical merit. The goals of this study were to identify an agreed‐upon definition of engagement, to investigate its uniqueness, and to clarify its nomological network of constructs. Using a conceptual framework based on Macey and Schneider (2008; Industrial and Organizational Psychology , 1 , 3–30), we found that engagement exhibits discriminant validity from, and criterion related validity over, job attitudes. We also found that engagement is related to several key antecedents and consequences. Finally, we used meta‐analytic path modeling to test the role of engagement as a mediator of the relation between distal antecedents and job performance, finding support for our conceptual framework. In sum, our results suggest that work engagement is a useful construct that deserves further attention.