Does work engagement enhance general well-being and control at work? Mediating role of psychological capital

Manish Gupta and Musarrat Shaheen

Evidence-based HRM, 2018, vol. 6, issue 3, 272-286

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of psychological capital (PsyCap) between work engagement (WE) and general well-being (GWB) as well as between WE and control at work (CAW). Design/methodology/approach - Data were collected from 200 medical employees involved in rendering healthcare services. Structural equation modeling was done to test the hypotheses. Findings - Analyses of the data revealed that PsyCap mediates fully between WE and CAW and partially between WE and GWB. Research limitations/implications - The results show that PsyCap plays a positive role in transferring the impact of engagement levels to GWB and CAW. The results augment the broaden-and-build theory by explaining how positivity at the workplace can help the engaged employees improve well-being and CAW. Practical implications - Hospitals in India are encouraged to recruit psychologically capable (high in PsyCap) employees. Such psychologically capable and engaged employees have greater CAW and have higher general well-being. Originality/value - This study is among the few preliminary studies which have focused on the mechanism through which well-being and CAW of employees involved in healthcare services in India get affected.

Keywords: Healthcare industry; Work engagement; Psychological capital; Control at work; General well-being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1108/EBHRM-05-2017-0027

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