The relative roles of engagement and embeddedness in predicting job performance and intention to leave
The relative roles of engagement and embeddedness in predicting job performance and intention to leave
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DOI：
10.1080/02678370802383962
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
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影响因子：
6.1
通讯作者：
Wheeler, Anthony R.
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作者：
Halbesleben, Jonathon R. B.;Wheeler, Anthony R.
在过去的几年里，工作投入和工作嵌入性的研究兴趣都急剧增长。简而言之，工作投入可以被定义为一种积极、充实的心态，最常见的特征是活力、奉献和专注。相比之下，工作嵌入性捕捉了个人对其工作依恋的组成部分，可以说是由联系、对人与环境适合度的感知以及辞职所涉及的牺牲组成。尽管它们的理论基础构造有一些很强的相似性，但没有人试图从经验上区分它们。因此，推动这项研究的主要研究问题是工作投入和工作嵌入是否是经验上不同的构造。通过使用来自不同行业和职业的美国员工 (n = 587)、他们的主管以及他们最亲密的同事的样本，我们通过验证性因素分析发现，敬业度和嵌入性是独特的结构。此外，通过有用性分析，我们发现敬业度和嵌入度与角色表现和离职意图都有独特的差异。我们讨论了这些研究结果对动机和依恋工作的影响，并从我们的研究结果和未来研究的方向中提出了实际意义。
Both work engagement and job embeddedness have seen dramatic growth in research interest over the past few years. Briefly, work engagement can be defined as a positive, fulfilling state of mind, most commonly characterized by vigour, dedication, and absorption. Job embeddedness, in contrast, captures components of an individual's attachment to their job and can be said to consist of links, perceptions of person-environment fit, and the sacrifices involved in quitting. Despite some strong similarity in the constructs in their theoretical bases, there has been no attempt to distinguish them empirically. Thus, the primary research question driving this study was whether work engagement and job embeddedness were empirically distinct constructs. Using a sample of US employees from a wide variety of industries and occupations (n = 587), their supervisors, and their closest co-worker, we found via confirmatory factor analysis that engagement and embeddedness were unique constructs. Moreover, using usefulness analysis, we found that engagement and embeddedness each shared unique variance with in-role performance and intention to leave. We discuss the implications of these findings relative to work on motivation and attachment and develop practical implications from our findings as well as directions for future research.