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Key questions regarding work engagement
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posted on 2011-01-01, 00:00 authored by A B Bakker, Simon AlbrechtSimon Albrecht, Michael LeiterMichael LeiterThis article discusses the concept of work engagement and summarizes research on its most important antecedents. The authors formulate 10 key questions and shape a research agenda for engagement. In addition to the conceptual development and measurement of enduring work engagement, the authors discuss the importance of state work engagement. Further, they argue that the social context is crucial and may set the stage for a climate for engagement with an important role for management. Engaged employees conserve their own engagement through a process of job crafting. After discussing possible dark sides of engagement and the relationship between engagement and health, the article closes with a discussion of organizational interventions to increase work engagement.
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European journal of work and organizational psychologyVolume
20Issue
1Pagination
4 - 28Publisher
Taylor & FrancisLocation
Abingdon, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1359-432XeISSN
1464-0643Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2010, Psychology PressUsage metrics
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