Daily work engagement and positive emotions in the workplace

Job crafting as a mediator

Bibliographic Data

ID13920153
AuthorsDongyang Wang (0000-0001-9468-173X, Northwest University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume50
Issue4
Pages1-9
Publication date2022-04-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Behavior and Personality An International Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0301-2212 • E-ISSN: 1179-6391
PublisherScientific Journal Publishers Limited (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2224/sbp.11200
OpenAlexW4224214899
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited13

I combined the broaden-and-build and job demands–resources theories, and examined the effect of employees' daily positive emotions outside the workplace before work on work engagement, and the mediating roles of (a) seeking resources and challenges and (b) reducing demands, in this daily job-crafting relationship. I collected data from 103 medical staff daily for 5 days, resulting in 515 data points, and used a multilevel model for data analysis. Results show that positive emotions directly and positively predicted work engagement, and also predicted work engagement indirectly and positively through seeking resources and challenges. Further, the effect of positive emotions was mediated by job crafting during the day through seeking resources and challenges, but not through reducing demands. These results emphasize the importance in subsequent work engagement of employees' emotions experienced in their personal life

Multilevel model · Positive relationship · Work (physics · Work engagement · Applied Psychology · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Emotional Labor in Professions · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology

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