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Development and application of a new measure of employee engagement: the ISA engagement scale

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  • Soane, Emma
  • Truss, Catherine
  • Alfes, Kerstin
  • Shantz, Amanda
  • Rees, Chris
  • Gatenby, Mark

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Effective measure of employee engagement is relevant to human resource development (HRD) theory and practice. We build on Kahn's (1990 OpenURL London School of Economics &, Psychological conditions of personal engagement and disengagement at work, Academy of Management Journal 33: 692–724) theory and develop a model of engagement that has three requirements: a work-role focus, activation and positive affect. This model was operationalized in a new measure: the Intellectual, Social, Affective Engagement Scale (ISA Engagement Scale) comprising three facets: intellectual, social and affective engagement. Data from Study 1 (278 employees from a manufacturing organization) showed that the scale and its sub-scales have internal reliability. Study 2 examined data from 683 employees in a retail organization. The internal reliability was confirmed and construct validity was demonstrated. The new scale had positive associations with three theoretically and empirically important outcomes: task performance, organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) and turnover intentions. Implications are considered for academic enquiry into the engagement process, and for HRD practices that enhance the experience of work.

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  • Soane, Emma & Truss, Catherine & Alfes, Kerstin & Shantz, Amanda & Rees, Chris & Gatenby, Mark, 2012. "Development and application of a new measure of employee engagement: the ISA engagement scale," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 63486, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    intellectual engagement; social engagement; affective engagement; ISA Engagement Scale;
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    • J50 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - General

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