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The Impact Of Personal Resources, Job Resources And Job Demands On Nurse Engagement, Michael J. Kern
The Impact Of Personal Resources, Job Resources And Job Demands On Nurse Engagement, Michael J. Kern
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In today’s VUCA (Volatile, Complex, Uncertain, and Ambiguous) world, the more we understand about how individual differences interact with the work environment to impact employee engagement the greater our chances are of making changes to lead to positive work outcomes regardless of the profession. There is no profession better suited for this type of investigation than that of nursing. Previous research has shown that more highly engaged nurses are able to provide better care and thus increase the chances of a more favorable outcome. There are many factors that can impact work engagement and one accepted model that helps to …
The Development And Validation Of An Ideal Point Measure Of Work Engagement, Michael M. Denunzio
The Development And Validation Of An Ideal Point Measure Of Work Engagement, Michael M. Denunzio
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Work engagement has been an extremely popular area of research and practice over the past two decades. However, organizational scholars have yet to thoughtfully consider alternative and potentially more appropriate ways of modeling how individuals report their work engagement and, relatedly, measuring the construct. This dissertation seeks to establish and support the position that (1) individuals use an ideal point (vs. dominance) process to identify how engaged they are and respond to work engagement items, and (2) an ideal point framework can be used to develop a construct valid work engagement scale with good psychometric properties. Since no such scale …