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The Meaning of Employee Engagement
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The meaning of employee engagement is ambiguous among both academic researchers and among practitioners who use it in conversations with clients. We show that the term is used at different times to refer to psychological states, traits, and behaviors as well as their antecedents and outcomes. Drawing on diverse relevant literatures, we offer a series of propositions about (a) psychological state engagement; (b) behavioral engagement; and (c) trait engagement. In addition, we offer propositions regarding the effects of job attributes and leadership as main effects on state and behavioral engagement and as moderators of the relationships among the 3 facets of engagement. We conclude with thoughts about the measurement of the 3 facets of engagement and potential antecedents, especially measurement via employee surveys.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Macey, W. H., & Schneider, B.
- Venue
- Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2008-03
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3-30
- ISSN
- 1754-9426 (ISSN-L)
- 1754-9434
- OpenAlex
- W2114154635
- Cited by
- 3,203
- References
- 21
- FWCI
- 164.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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