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JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Volume 70, Issue 1, Pages 149-171Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2006.09.002
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work engagement; job demands; job resources
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By utilizing a 2-year longitudinal design, the present study investigated the experience of work engagement and its antecedents among Finnish health care personnel (n = 409). The data were collected by questionnaires in 2003 (Time 1) and in 2005 (Time 2). The study showed that work engagement-especially vigor and dedication-was relatively frequently experienced among the participants, and its average level did not change across the follow-up period. In addition, the experience of work engagement turned Out to be reasonably stable during the 2-year period. Job resources predicted work engagement better than job demands. Job control and organization-based self-esteem proved to be the best lagged predictors of the three dimensions of work engagement. However, only the positive effect of job control on dedication remained statistically significant after controlling for the baseline level of work engagement (Time 1). (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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