Complementary variable- and person-centred approaches to the dimensionality of work engagement: a longitudinal investigation
(2019) European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology — Vol. 28, n° 2, p. 239-258 (2019)
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- This study illustrates complementary variable- and person-centred approaches to the investigation of the underlying dimensionality of the work engagement construct. A sample of 730 participants completed a questionnaire twice across a four-month period. The results showed that employees’ ratings of their work engagement simultaneously reflected a global overarching work engagement construct, which co-existed with three specific dimensions (vigour, dedication, and absorption). Relying on factor scores from this initial measurement model, the present study examined latent profiles of employees defined based on their global (work engagement) and specific (vigour, dedication, and absorption) levels of work engagement. The results revealed five distinct work engagement profiles, which proved to be fully identical, and highly stable, across the two time points. These profiles characterized disengaged-vigorous, normative, totally disengaged, vigorously absorbed, and engaged yet distanced employees. These profiles were also showed to be meaningfully related to employees’ levels of stress, intentions to leave the organization, health, and job satisfaction.
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Gillet, N., Caesens, G., Morin, A. J. S., & Stinglhamber, F. (2019). Complementary variable- and person-centred approaches to the dimensionality of work engagement: a longitudinal investigation. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 28(2), 239-258. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432x.2019.1575364 (Original work published 2019)