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Defining and measuring work engagement : Bringing clarity to the concept

Wb Schaufeli
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The article was published on 2010-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 545 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: CLARITY & Work engagement.

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Job demands-resources theory: taking stock and looking forward

TL;DR: Evidence for the buffering role of various job resources on the impact ofVarious job demands on burnout is provided and the future of the JD-R theory is looked at.
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Work Engagement : A Handbook of Essential Theory and Research

TL;DR: Leiter et al. as mentioned in this paper used the job-demands-Resources model to predict work engagement and found that the model can be used to predict engagement and burnout, Demerouti, Cropanzano, and Bakker.
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Key questions regarding work engagement

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors formulate 10 key questions and shape a research agenda for engagement and discuss the importance of state work engagement, arguing that the social context is crucial and may set the stage for a climate for engagement with an important role for management.
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Determinants of employee engagement and their impact on employee performance

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the key determinants of employee engagement and their predictability of the concept, and study the impact of engagement on employee performance, and find that all the identified factors were predictors of engagement, however, the variables that had major impact were working environment and team and co-worker relationship.
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Burnout and work engagement: A thorough investigation of the independency of both constructs.

TL;DR: This study among 528 South African employees working in the construction industry examined the dimensionality of burnout and work engagement, using the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, the Oldenburg Burn out Inventory, and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, and confirmed that cynicism and dedication are opposite ends of one underlying attitude dimension.
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