Work Engagement: A Double-Edged Sword? A Study of the Relationship between Work Engagement and the Work-Home Interaction Using the ARK Research Platform

Katrine Listau; Marit Christensen; Siw Tone Innstrand

doi:10.16993/sjwop.20

Work Engagement: A Double-Edged Sword? A Study of the Relationship between Work Engagement and the Work-Home Interaction Using the ARK Research Platform

Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volume 2 (2017): Issue 1

By: Katrine Listau, Marit Christensen and Siw Tone Innstrand

Open Access

|Jul 2017

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate how being engaged at work affects academics’ work-home interaction. Using the Conservation of Resources theory as a theoretical framework, the study contributes to existing research by examining the relationship between the work engagement subscales (i.e. vigour, dedication, and absorption) and both work-home facilitation and work-home conflict. In order to test the hypotheses, a Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling analysis was conducted using a large sample of academics from the Norwegian university sector (N = 4378). The results indicated that vigour and dedication had a positive relationship with work-home facilitation and a negative relationship with work-home conflict. In contrast, absorption was not significantly related to work-home facilitation, but was positively associated with work-home conflict. Thus, we conclude that work engagement seems to have the potential to create both positive and negative outcomes.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjwop.20 | Journal eISSN: 2002-2867

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Language: English

Page range: 4 - 4

Submitted on: Sep 7, 2016

Accepted on: Jun 8, 2017

Published on: Jul 17, 2017

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

work engagement,

work-home conflict,

work-home facilitation,

ARK Research platform,

PLS structural equation analysis

© 2017 Katrine Listau, Marit Christensen, Siw Tone Innstrand, published by Stockholm University Press
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