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Work engagement as a mediator between subjective well-being and work-and-health outcomes

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  • Neha Garg
  • Pankaj Singh

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of work engagement as a mediator in the relationship of subjective well-being with work performance, work withdrawal behavior, physical and mental health. Design/methodology/approach - A survey design was used to collect the data from 369 Indian software developers. Latent variable structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesized relationships. Findings - Subjective well-being was found to have a significant positive association with work engagement and this, in turn, had significantly enhanced employee’s work performance and reduced work withdrawal behavior, mental and physical ill-health. In addition, work engagement was found to fully mediate the association of subjective well-being with work performance and mental ill-health, while it partially mediated the association of subjective well-being with work withdrawal behaviors and physical ill-health. Practical implications - This paper contributes to the development of self-sustaining approach toward increasing work engagement and provides a way to deal with work-and-health outcomes. Originality/value - This study is one of the early attempts to examine direct and indirect associations of subjective well-being with work-and-health outcomes in an Indian setting.

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  • Neha Garg & Pankaj Singh, 2020. "Work engagement as a mediator between subjective well-being and work-and-health outcomes," Management Research Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 43(6), pages 735-752, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:mrrpps:mrr-03-2019-0143
    DOI: 10.1108/MRR-03-2019-0143
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    1. Pedro Ferreira & Carla Gabriel & Sílvia Faria & Pedro Rodrigues & Manuel Sousa Pereira, 2020. "What if Employees Brought Their Life to Work? The Relation of Life Satisfaction and Work Engagement," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-12, March.
    2. Andrzej Piotrowski & Ewa Sygit-Kowalkowska & Imaduddin Hamzah, 2020. "Work Engagement among Prison Officers. The Role of Individual and Organizational Factors in the Polish and Indonesian Penitentiary Systems," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-15, November.
    3. Maja Rožman & Polona Tominc & Katja Crnogaj, 2022. "Healthy and Entrepreneurial Work Environment for Older Employees and Its Impact on Work Engagement during the COVID-19 Pandemic," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-15, April.

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