Linking Work Events with Work Engagement: Mediating Role of Emotions and Moderating Role of Psychological Capital

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dc.abstract.enWe examined the role of work-related emotions and personal resources operationalised as psychological capital (PsyCap) in the relationship between events occurring at work and employees’ work engagement. Using affective events theory and broaden-and-build theory as theoretical frameworks, we theorise that the perceived frequency of positive and negative events at work and work engagement is mediated by positive and negative work-related emotions and moderated by PsyCap. The results of path analysis on a sample of US and Polish employees showed that PsyCap moderated the relationship between the perceived frequency of negative work events and negative work-related emotions, however, we also found culture-specific effects of PsyCap. Our study contributes to the human resource development (HRD) literature by providing evidence of the role of personal resources in the event–emotion–engagement process in the workplace. Also, our findings deepen the understanding of HR developers in multinational organisations and provide suggestions on how they can implement PsyCap trainings based on culture-specific work environment.
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii we Wrocławiu
dc.contributor.authorPenza, Aleksandra
dc.contributor.authorGąsiorowska, Agata
dc.date.access2024-02-26
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-05T09:27:08Z
dc.date.available2024-03-05T09:27:08Z
dc.date.created2023
dc.date.issued2024-02-26
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>We examined the role of work-related emotions and personal resources operationalised as psychological capital (PsyCap) in the relationship between events occurring at work and employees’ work engagement. Using affective events theory and broaden-and-build theory as theoretical frameworks, we theorise that the perceived frequency of positive and negative events at work and work engagement is mediated by positive and negative work-related emotions and moderated by PsyCap. The results of path analysis on a sample of US and Polish employees showed that PsyCap moderated the relationship between the perceived frequency of negative work events and negative work-related emotions, however, we also found culture-specific effects of PsyCap. Our study contributes to the human resource development (HRD) literature by providing evidence of the role of personal resources in the event–emotion–engagement process in the workplace. Also, our findings deepen the understanding of HR developers in multinational organisations and provide suggestions on how they can implement PsyCap trainings based on culture-specific work environment.</jats:p>
dc.description.accesstimeat_publication
dc.description.issue4
dc.description.physical289-308
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume54
dc.identifier.doi10.24425/ppb.2023.148848
dc.identifier.issn0079-2993
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/529
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/148848/edition/130377/content
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
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dc.subject.enwork engagement
dc.subject.enpsychological capital
dc.subject.enwork events
dc.subject.enwork-related emotions
dc.subject.enaffective events theory
dc.subject.enbroaden-and-build theory
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dc.titleLinking Work Events with Work Engagement: Mediating Role of Emotions and Moderating Role of Psychological Capital
dc.title.journalPolish Psychological Bulletin
dc.typeJournalArticle
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