The role of a new strength-based intervention on organisation-based self-esteem and work engagement: A three-wave intervention study
ISSN: 1366-5626
Article publication date: 25 March 2019
Issue publication date: 15 May 2019
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to investigate the relationship between organisation-based self-esteem (OBSE) and work engagement during a new strength-based intervention over nine months.
Design/methodology/approach
A sample of 82 workers composed of 70 sales consultants and 12 area-managers working in an Italian pharmaceutical company received a one-day training based on the FAMILY approach, three times for nine months, with a three-month lag between each workshop. Self-reported measures of OBSE and work engagement were collected before and after each workshop.
Findings
Results showed that final levels of both OBSE and work engagement were significantly higher compared to baseline. Moreover, results from a multiple mediation analysis showed that the direct and indirect relationships between OBSE and work engagement changed at different time points, which may have been related to the different contents of the workshops.
Originality/value
This study provides initial evidence suggesting that organisations could leverage on medium-term interventions to provide employees active guidance on how to use their strengths at work, likely to boost higher employees’ positive perceptions of themselves as organisational members and work engagement.
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Citation
Costantini, A., Ceschi, A., Viragos, A., De Paola, F. and Sartori, R. (2019), "The role of a new strength-based intervention on organisation-based self-esteem and work engagement: A three-wave intervention study", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 31 No. 3, pp. 194-206. https://doi.org/10.1108/JWL-07-2018-0091
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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