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Are intensified job demands positive challenges for employees? Associations with work engagement in different occupational samples (2024)
Mauno, S., Feldt, T., Herttalampi, M., & Minkkinen, J. (2024). Are intensified job demands positive challenges for employees? Associations with work engagement in different occupational samples. International Journal of Manpower, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijm-09-2023-0537
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Julkaisun tiedot
Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Mauno, Saija; Feldt, Taru; Herttalampi, Mari; Minkkinen, Jaana
Lehti tai sarja: International Journal of Manpower
ISSN: 0143-7720
eISSN: 1758-6577
Julkaisuvuosi: 2024
Ilmestymispäivä: 20.05.2024
Volyymi: Early online
Kustantaja: Emerald
Julkaisumaa: Britannia
Julkaisun kieli: englanti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/ijm-09-2023-0537
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Tiivistelmä
Intensified job demands (IJDs; work intensification, intensified job- and career-related planning and decision-making demands, and intensified learning demands) illustrate the intensification of working life. This study examined relationships between IJDs and work engagement.
Design/methodology/approach
Nine diverse samples (n = 7,786) were analyzed separately via regression analysis by estimating linear and curvilinear relationships between IJDs and engagement.
Findings
The results showed that certain subdimensions of IJDs, i.e. intensified learning demands, related positively to engagement across several subsamples. Moreover, learning demands showed a curvilinear relationship with engagement in several subsamples; engagement was highest in a moderate level of learning demands whereas low and high levels of learning demands were associated with lower engagement. We also found that other subdimensions of IJDs did not show consistent positive relationships with engagement, and some of them were negatively associated with engagement.
Research limitations/implications
Cross-sectional design.
Practical implications
Organizations should consider what would be the optimal level of learning demands as excessive learning demands can be detrimental to employees’ engagement.
Originality/value
This is a first study focusing on different manifestations of the intensification of working life, operationalized via IJDs, and their curvilinear relationships with engagement by applying a multi-sample design.
YSO-asiasanat: työ; työn imu; työelämä; työelämän suhteet; työntekijät
Vapaat asiasanat: work engagement; job demands; curvilinear relationships; multi-sample study
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