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Effect of Personal Anxiety on Work Engagement: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam

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The COVID-19 pandemic has been identified as one of the significant factors contributing to high levels of mental health problems among employees. Our research examined the relationship between the mental health approach and the impact of anxiety on employee engagement. In Vietnam, employee engagement topics are increasingly being researched, but they are principally conducted by individual companies, which tend to consider the situational factors surrounding the engagement process. In our study, we have continuously contributed to employee engagement theory. We used the term work engagement, considered an individual factor as significant as situational factors. Besides, we investigated the relevance of personal anxiety to work engagement and informal workplace learning. The sample size included 238 employees of Vietnamese organizations. According to the findings, people with high trait anxiety have difficulty engaging in their work, and informal workplace learning behavior positively impacts work engagement. The result is presented in the discussion section, and implications for researchers and practitioners to develop appropriate interventions for personal anxiety to increase positive effects on work engagement.

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  1. VNU Vietnam Japan University, Luu Huu Phuoc Road, My Dinh 1 Residential Area, Cau Dien Ward, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Tra Vu Thu

  2. Department of Business Administration, Yokohama National University, 79-4 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-Ku, Yokohama, 240-8501, Japan

    Kodo Yokozawa & Hao Anh Nguyen

  3. Faculty of Human Resource Economics, National Economics University, 207 Giai Phong Street, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi, Vietnam

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Thu, T.V., Yokozawa, K., Huy, P.T., Nguyen, H.A. (2024). Effect of Personal Anxiety on Work Engagement: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam. In: Nguyen, T.H.N., Burrell, D.N., Solanki, V.K., Mai, N.A. (eds) Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Research in Management and Technovation. ICRMAT 2023. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8472-5_13

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