Work engagement: Individual and situational antecedents and its relationship with turnover intention

• Autor(a) principal: Barbosa de Oliveira, Lucia
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: da Costa Rocha, Juliana
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Gestão de Negócios (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbgn.fecap.br/RBGN/article/view/3373
• topic: Work engagement; human resource management; leadermember exchange; core self-evaluations; turnover intention.; -; engajamento no trabalho; gestão de pessoas; relação líder-liderado; avaliações autorreferentes; intenção de rotatividade.; -; engajamento no trabalho; gestão de pessoas; relação líder-liderado; avaliações autorreferentes; intenção de rotatividade.

Purpose – The aim of the study was to analyze individual andsituational antecedents of work engagement. More specifically, wepropose that engagement is influenced by individual differences,measured by a construct called core self-evaluations, by human resourcemanagement practices, and by leader-member exchange quality.Moreover, we investigate the relationship between engagement andturnover intention.Design/methodology/approach – The hypotheses were testedthrough multiple regression analysis with a sample of 299 professionalsemployed by public and private organizations of different sizes andsectors of the Brazilian economy.Findings – All hypotheses were confirmed. More specifically, workengagement was positive and significantly related to participants’ coreself-evaluations, human resource management practices, and leadermemberexchange quality. A negative and significant relationshipbetween engagement and turnover intention was also found.Originality/value – Results showed that both HR practices andleader-member exchange quality can influence employee engagement,highlighting the importance of investments in these fields. Sinceengagement was also associated with individual differences, establishingan engaged workforce might require selection strategies that privilegeemployees who are more positive about themselves.