Work Engagement

A Handbook of Essential Theory and Research

Bibliographic Data

ID23398278
AuthorsArnold B Bakker (0000-0003-1489-1847), Michael P Leiter (0000-0001-5680-0363)
Year2010
Publication date2010-04-05
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueWork Engagement (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPsychology Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4324/9780203853047
OpenAlexW4301374750
Open LibraryOL34591811M
ISBN9780203853047
LanguageEN
Citations received93

This book provides the most thorough view available on this new and intriguing dimension of workplace psychology, which is the basis of fulfilling, productive work. The book begins by defining work engagement, which has been described as ‘an opposite to burnout,’ following its development into a more complex concept with far reaching implications for work-life. The chapters discuss the sources of work engagement, emphasizing the importance of leadership, organizational structures, and human resource management as factors that may operate to either enhance or inhibit employee’s experience of work. The book considers the implications of work engagement for both the individual employee and the organization as a whole. To address readers’ practical questions, the book provides in-depth coverage of interventions that can enhance employees’ work engagement and improve management techniques. Based upon the most up-to-date research by the foremost experts in the world, this volume brings together the best knowledge available on work engagement, and will be of great use to academic researchers, upper level students of work and organizational psychology as well as management consultants.

Sociology · Work (physics) · Work engagement · Employee Performance and Management · Engineering · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Mechanical Engineering · Psychology · Attitudes · Employee motivation · Employees · industrial · Industrial & Organizational Psychology · Industrial Psychology · Motivation · Personnel · Psychological aspects · Psychologie du travail · Travail · Work