Job resources and work engagement: the contributing role of selection, optimization, and compensation strategies at work

Arbeitsressourcen und Arbeitsengagement: Der Einfluss von alternsgünstigen Handlungsstrategien der Selektion, Optimierung und Kompensation (SOK)

Matthias Weigl (), Andreas Müller, Severin Hornung, Max Leidenberger and Barbara Heiden
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Matthias Weigl: Ludwig-Maximilians-University
Andreas Müller: Düsseldorf University
Severin Hornung: Leopold-Franzens-University
Max Leidenberger: Leopold-Franzens-University
Barbara Heiden: Ludwig-Maximilians-University

Journal for Labour Market Research, 2014, vol. 47, issue 4, 299-312

Abstract: Abstract The life-span model of selection, optimization, and compensation (SOC) provides a valuable theoretical framework for understanding organizational behaviour related to coping with age-related changes. Although previous research has demonstrated that SOC strategies at work contribute positively to individual outcomes, the role of workplace characteristics has been insufficiently addressed. This study investigated direct and indirect effects of SOC strategies at work and two important job resources (i.e., learning and developmental opportunities and autonomy at work) in predicting work engagement. All variables were assessed through employee self-reports based on standardized survey measures. Data collected from 118 flight attendants showed that SOC strategies were positively associated with work engagement (r = 0.28, p

Keywords: Age; Job control; Learning and developmental opportunities at work; Selection; Optimization; Compensation; Work engagement; Flight attendants; Alter; Autonomie; Lernen; Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten; Selektion; Optimierung; Kompensation; Arbeitsengagement; Flugbegleiter (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s12651-014-0163-4

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