Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 June 2023
Work engagement is a scientifically consolidated variable, due to its fundamental role in business practice. To increase work engagement in companies, it is necessary to know which variables are antecedents and how they relate to each other. These variables include job autonomy, job crafting, and psychological capital. This research evaluates the relationships between job autonomy, job crafting, psychological capital, and work engagement. Specifically, based on the job demands and resources model and the conservation of resources theory, the study examines these relationships in a sample of 483 employees, through a serial mediation model. The results show that job crafting, and psychological capital mediates the relationship between job autonomy and work engagement. These results have practical implications for interventions to promote employee work engagement.
Acknowledgement: We would like to thank the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria for the support given to the research and Mr. Carlos Puente Costales for his work as a statistical advisor.
Funding Statement: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Conflicts of Interest: None.
Data Sharing: Data will be shared on request.
Authorship credit: The conceptualization of the study was performed by SGM under coordination of CMA. The data collection was conducted by SGM under coordination of NM. Statistical analyses were performed by SGM under coordination of NM. SGM wrote the original draft. Further review, editing and supervision were performed by NM and CMA. Specifically, NM coordinated the editing and supervision of the statistical analyses and CMA coordinated the editing and review of the rest of the paper.
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