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Using the functional approach to volunteering as a basis, I investigated the implications of volunteer motivation congruence (i.e., a match between motivations to volunteer and the satisfaction of those motivations) for work recovery and downstream work engagement. I focused on career and understanding-based volunteer motives and psychological detachment and mastery recovery experiences. This was evaluated using a cross-sectional survey with a sample (N = 119) of employees with past volunteering experience. I found that psychological detachment was higher when career motives were greater than career motive satisfaction. Agreement between motives and satisfaction for both career and understanding motivations was also found to be more important than disagreement for predicting mastery experiences. Neither recovery variable (detachment and mastery experiences) was found to predict work engagement. No hypothesized indirect effects of the work recovery variables on the relationship between volunteer congruence and work engagement were supported. Overall, the results show a novel pattern of findings that encourages future research on volunteer motivation congruence and recovery experiences. / Master of Science / Many American employees also participate in volunteer work outside of their jobs. However, it is important to investigate whether this is beneficial for recovering from work stress since volunteering may be additionally taxing. Within this study, I look at whether a match between a person’s motivations to volunteer and the satisfaction of those motivations predicts recovery from work. I additionally look at whether that work recovery subsequently predicts engagement at work. Specifically, I focused on career and understanding-based volunteer motivations. I also focused on the work recovery experiences of psychological detachment from work and mastery experiences. I looked at these relationships using results from 119 participants who took a single survey. I found that psychological detachment was higher when career motives were greater than career motive satisfaction (in other words when the career motives were left unsatisfied). Neither recovery variable (detachment and mastery experiences) was found to predict work engagement.

[pt] O principal objetivo dessa dissertação foi analisar o papel mediador do Trabalho Significativo nas relações dos Traços de Personalidade com o Bem-estar no Trabalho. Para tal, foram realizados dois estudos distintos sendo que no estudo um, o objetivo foi investigar as relações entre os fatores de personalidade, o trabalho significativo e o engajamento no trabalho, antes e durante a pandemia de COVID-19. A análise de rede da amostra de 963 adultos, com 828 respondentes antes da pandemia e 135 durante o contexto pandêmico, demonstrou que o trabalho significativo não só atuou como mediador entre os fatores abertura e conscienciosidade e o engajamento no trabalho, como também demonstrou a constância dessas relações nas duas amostras, antes e durante a pandemia. No estudo dois, o objetivo foi analisar se o trabalho significativo atuaria como mediador das relações dos fatores de personalidade com o engajamento no trabalho e a adição ao trabalho. Os resultados apontaram que o trabalho significativo apresenta uma mediação total nas relações dos fatores abertura e conscienciosidade com o engajamento no trabalho. Porém, no caso da mediação entre neuroticismo e o engajamento essa mediação foi parcial. As relações dos fatores de personalidade com a adição ao trabalho, não foram mediadas pelo trabalho significativo. Os achados desta dissertação evidenciam a relevância do trabalho significativo como um fator que impacta nas relações das características pessoais dos indivíduos com os níveis de engajamento e adição ao trabalho que esses vivenciam. Tais resultados são importantes para o desenvolvimento de intervenções clínicas que contribuam para a promoção do bem-estar e para a prevenção do adoecimento dos profissionais. / [en] The main objective of this dissertation was to test a model of mediation between meaningful work on the relations of personality traits with engagement and workaholism. To this end, two studies were carried out. In study 1, the objective was to evaluate if there was a constancy in the relationships between personality factors, meaningful work and engagement at work before and during the pandemic. The network analysis of the sample of 963 adults, with 828 respondents before the pandemic and 135 during the pandemic context, demonstrated that meaningful work not only acted as a mediator between the factors openness and conscientiousness, and engagement at work, but also demonstrated the consistency of the networks in the two samples, before and during the pandemic. In study two, the objective was to analyze whether the relationships of personality factors with work engagement and workaholism were mediated by meaningful work. This time, the results showed that the mediation of meaningful work in the relationship of the factors openness and conscientiousness with engagement at work was total. But in the case of mediation between neuroticism and engagement it was partial. Relationships of personality factors with workaholism were not mediated by meaningful work. The findings of this dissertation show the relevance of meaningful work as a factor that impacts the relationships of individuals personal characteristics with the levels of engagement and workaholism they experience.

The diploma thesis deals with company culture and work engagement and it aims to explore the relationship between these two concepts in the field of psychology of work and organization. The theoretical part describes in detail the topic of company culture, its relationship with other aspects of the work environment and the possibility of measuring it with a focus on the Competitive Value Model (CVF). The next part presents work engagement, methods of its measurement, connection to work behaviour and other consequences. The empirical part presents quantitative research, in which answers were collected from 126 respondents who came from 10 different companies. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between company culture and engagement at the individual level. The Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) was used to examine company culture, and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) was used to obtain information on the level of engagement. The hypotheses verified the existence of a relationship between engagement and individual types of company culture and the difference between the degree of engagement concerning the dominant type of company culture. The results were analyzed by a combination of Multiple factor analysis, Chi-square test and correlations. The results...

Magister Commercii - MCom / Research (Sartain et al., 2006) indicates that engagement demands a more thoughtful way to address the everyday realities of organisational life. The current research endeavours to elucidate the relationship between emotional intelligence and work engagement amongst leaders in a financial service organisation undergoing change. / South Africa

Research (Sartain et al., 2006) indicates that engagement demands a more thoughtful way to address the everyday realities of organisational life. The current research endeavours to elucidate the relationship between emotional intelligence and work engagement amongst leaders in a financial service organisation undergoing change.

Research (Sartain et al., 2006) indicates that engagement demands a more thoughtful way to address the everyday realities of organisational life. The current research endeavours to elucidate the relationship between emotional intelligence and work engagement amongst leaders in a financial service organisation undergoing change.

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Psychological Sciences / Clive Fullagar / Within the literature on engagement at work there has traditionally been a focus on overall work engagement. However, in recent years there has been increasing research on applying a specific form of task engagement, called flow, to the world of work. The current project details two studies that serve to differentiate and understand the relationship between overall work engagement and flow. The first study collected data on engagement and flow from several hundred working adults and used confirmatory factor analysis to explore the factor structure of the two concepts. Results indicated that flow and engagement are separate constructs, albeit related. The second study again collected data from working adults, however, the goal was to show the differential relationships both flow and engagement have with the work outcomes of job satisfaction, commitment, citizenship behaviors, and burnout. Results indicated that both flow and engagement were significant predictors of these outcomes with engagement being the stronger predictor of the two. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are also discussed in full.

Financial institutions are faced with many changes and challenges, especially after the global financial crisis; and look to their human capital to provide their competitive advantage. It is therefore important to investigate effective means of managing employees in a way that could foster work engagement. Strengths use and leader-member exchange (LMX) quality create an opportunity for organisations to manage and utilise their employees more effectively and finally promote work engagement. The objective of this research study was to investigate the mediating effects of LMX quality in the relationship between strengths use and work engagement. A questionnaire was compiled, utilising the Strengths-based Leadership Questionnaire, the LMX-7 and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. These measuring instruments were administered to a total of 213 (N = 213) individuals employed in the financial services industry. For the purpose of this research study the quality of the LMX relationship was measured from the perspective of the subordinates. Strengths use was positively related to LMX quality and LMX quality was positively related to work engagement. Additionally, LMX quality played a mediating role in the relationship between strengths use and work engagement. Therefore, organisations can, by promoting strengths use and high quality LMX, achieve higher levels of employee work engagement. This research study is the first to include strengths use, LMX quality and work engagement in one mediating model. / MCom (Industrial Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Boredom at work is a concern, as both employees and organisations are affected by the negative effects that this phenomenon holds. Workplace boredom is becoming an increasingly common occurrence within organisations and most employees are susceptible to it. To date, no reliable and valid scale for workplace boredom is available in South Africa. This study aimed to validate the Dutch Boredom Scale (DUBS) within the South African context in an attempt to provide a scale suitable for South African employees. The general objective of the study was to determine the reliability and validity of the workplace boredom scale (DUBS) within the South African context by means of investigating the reliability, factorial validity, convergent validity, predictive validity and discriminant validity. A cross-sectional research approach was utilised by means of a random convenience sample (N = 490) from organisations within the manufacturing and logistics sectors. The reliability of the workplace boredom scale was established by investigating the alpha and omega values. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to determine the factor structure of the DUBS and to ascertain factorial validity. In order to prove convergent and discriminant validity, the relationship between workplace boredom and similar theoretical constructs (work engagement, workload, job satisfaction and organisational commitment) as well as constructs assumed to differ from work place boredom (i.e. gender) was investigated. Finally, regression with regard to one-directional relationships was examined between workplace boredom and appropriate outcomes (work engagement, organisational commitment and job satisfaction) in order to establish predictive validity. The results indicate that the DUBS consists of a one-factor structure, and that this factor has acceptable reliability. Relationships between workplace boredom and work engagement, workload, job satisfaction, organisational commitment and turnover intention were negatively and practically significantly correlated. No significant relationship existed between workplace boredom and gender. Workplace boredom had significant negative regressions to work engagement, job satisfaction and organisational commitment. Recommendations are made for use in practice and additionally for future research. / MCom (Industrial Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015