Antecedents and outcomes of workplace engagement

<p>There has been a recent interest in positive organizational scholarship. Leadership stemming from a positive framework and employee engagement in the workplace have become of increasing interest to researchers and practitioners. Antecedents and outcomes of employee engagement were examined using a sample of 327 employees from retail organizations in the Midwest United States. The leadership styles of authentic, transformational, and transactional leadership were examined as antecedents of employee job engagement, beyond employees' psychological meaningfulness, safety, and availability. Engagement was examined as a mediator between the leadership constructs and employees' extra-role behaviors and work withdrawal behaviors. The results suggest employee job engagement is positively related to employee extra-role behaviors and negatively related to employees work withdrawal behaviors. Contrary to hypotheses the leadership variables were not significant predictors of employee engagement.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2012

Author dc:creator

• Lelchook, Ariel Maya

Contributors dc:contributor

• Marcus W. Dickson

• Engagement, Leadership
• Business Administration, Management, and Operations
• Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/514

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wayne.edu:oa_dissertations-1513