Open AccessThe reality of job engagement for the employees of Iraqi Residency Affairs Directorate
Author(s) -
Abdul Mahdi Kadhim Jasim AL-Zobaidy,
Alyaa Saeed Abbas Al-Joufi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mağallaẗ al-ʿulūm al-iqtiṣādiyyaẗ wa-al-idāriyyaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2518-5764
pISSN - 2227-703X
DOI - 10.33095/jeas.v27i129.2178
Subject(s) - psychology , loyalty , student affairs , residence , christian ministry , feeling , work engagement , medical education , job analysis , sample (material) , applied psychology , work (physics) , social psychology , job satisfaction , political science , medicine , sociology , engineering , business , marketing , higher education , mechanical engineering , chemistry , demography , chromatography , law
The aim of this paper is to determine the role of job engagement in the Iraqi Residency Affairs Directorate and its impact on employees, as the job engagement variable based on the Rich’s model included dimensions of cognitive engagement, emotional engagement and physical engagement. This variable has been studied in the Directorate of Residence Affairs which are one of the specialized directorates in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior. This study relied on a questionnaire as a main tool for measuring and collecting data based on the random sampling method . The sample size included 206 individuals among 400 individuals. However, the respondents were 190 whereas the final number for data analysis was 180. The researchers used the ready-made statistical programs (SPSS v.25 AMOS v.25). The results showed that the Iraqi Residency Affairs Directorate is distinguished by the presence of job engagement among most of its employees, whether in terms of cognitive, emotional or physical absorption, and this indicates that the success in achieving these feelings and motivation towards work is a reflection of the higher leadership that was able to inspire workers from in order to provide everything they can offer to the organization. This matter does not come without the presence of job loyalty among the workers, which was able to achieve job engagement