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In order to explore the relationship between working conditions and work engagement, 648 enterprise employees were assessed with Utrecht Work Engagement Scale and Job Content Questionnaire. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that job insecurity was a powerful predictor of dedication, decision authority and supervisor support were powerful predictors of each work engagement indicator while demographic variables were controlled. Dominance analysis was used to examine the relative importance of working conditions in relation to aspects of work engagement. It was found that decision authority was the most salient predictor of vigor, dedication and absorption. The conclusion is that working conditions can affect enterprise employees’ work engagement and enhancing decision authority will improve the level of work engagement.
Supported by Key Research Institute of Humanities & Social Science in Heilongjiang Province. (HEURS0908), supported by the Fundamental Research Foundation of Harbin Engineering University(HEUFT09018), supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (HEUCF10 1303).
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Zhang, L., Jin, H., Zhang, S. (2012). The Role of Working Conditions in Enterprise Employees’ Work Engagement. In: Wu, Y. (eds) Advanced Technology in Teaching - Proceedings of the 2009 3rd International Conference on Teaching and Computational Science (WTCS 2009). Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 117. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25437-6_57
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