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  • Positive pathways to engaging workers: work–family enrichment as a predictor of work engagement

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    Timms, Carolyn
    Brough, Paula
    O'Driscoll, Michael
    Kalliath, Thomas
    Siu, Oi-Ling
    Sit, Cindy
    Lo, Danny
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    Brough, Paula
    Year published
    2015
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    Engaged workers willingly devote their best efforts to their work in terms of their energy (vigor), sustained attention (absorption) and their sense of purpose (dedication), thereby contributing to the optimal functioning and performance of organizations. In consideration of the positive and negative influence of work–life balance for work performance, this study assessed the role played by work–family enrichment as a direct antecedent of work engagement. Two waves of data were collected from an Australian sample of workers with family commitments (N = 470). Cross-sectional analyses found that experiences of work that ...
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    Engaged workers willingly devote their best efforts to their work in terms of their energy (vigor), sustained attention (absorption) and their sense of purpose (dedication), thereby contributing to the optimal functioning and performance of organizations. In consideration of the positive and negative influence of work–life balance for work performance, this study assessed the role played by work–family enrichment as a direct antecedent of work engagement. Two waves of data were collected from an Australian sample of workers with family commitments (N = 470). Cross-sectional analyses found that experiences of work that contributed to a positive mood (affect) and to a sense of confidence (capital) in family life were associated with all three dimensions of work engagement and with family satisfaction. Longitudinal analyses demonstrated enduring effects of positive mood, with work–family affect predicting work engagement and family–work affect predicting family satisfaction. The results support Fredrickson's broaden-and-build theory which predicts positive experiences, particularly those that enable workers to leave work in a good mood, and returns benefits in the form of work engagement. The current study provides evidence that enriched experiences at the workplace provide tangible benefits to people's family lives and long-term returns to organizations in the form of ongoing employee engagement.
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    Journal Title
    Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
    Volume
    53
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7941.12066
    Copyright Statement
    © 2015 Australian Human Resources Institute. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Positive pathways to engaging workers: work–family enrichment as a predictor of work engagement, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, Volume 53, Issue 4, October 2015, Pages 490–510, which has been published in final form at 10.1111/1744-7941.12066. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
    Subject
    Human resources management
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/141182
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