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Does work engagement enhance general well-being and control at work? Mediating role of psychological capital

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  • Manish Gupta
  • Musarrat Shaheen

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of psychological capital (PsyCap) between work engagement (WE) and general well-being (GWB) as well as between WE and control at work (CAW). Design/methodology/approach - Data were collected from 200 medical employees involved in rendering healthcare services. Structural equation modeling was done to test the hypotheses. Findings - Analyses of the data revealed that PsyCap mediates fully between WE and CAW and partially between WE and GWB. Research limitations/implications - The results show that PsyCap plays a positive role in transferring the impact of engagement levels to GWB and CAW. The results augment the broaden-and-build theory by explaining how positivity at the workplace can help the engaged employees improve well-being and CAW. Practical implications - Hospitals in India are encouraged to recruit psychologically capable (high in PsyCap) employees. Such psychologically capable and engaged employees have greater CAW and have higher general well-being. Originality/value - This study is among the few preliminary studies which have focused on the mechanism through which well-being and CAW of employees involved in healthcare services in India get affected.

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  • Manish Gupta & Musarrat Shaheen, 2018. "Does work engagement enhance general well-being and control at work? Mediating role of psychological capital," Evidence-based HRM, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 6(3), pages 272-286, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ebhrmp:ebhrm-05-2017-0027
    DOI: 10.1108/EBHRM-05-2017-0027
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