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Does meaningful work encompass support towards supervisory, worker and engagement relationship?

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  • Umair Ahmed
  • Irene Seok-Ching Yong
  • Munwar Hussain Pahi
  • Sarfraz Ahmed Dakhan

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Purpose - This study aimed at examining the influence of two important elements of social supports, namely supervisor support and coworker support, on work engagement among employees in the university setting. The study also further examined the mediating potentials of meaningful work on the relationships between the former and the latter. Design/methodology/approach - The sample study comprised academic and managerial staff members from a public-sector university in Malaysia. Out of the 420 distributed questionnaires, 216 were received back from which 177 were found useable and hence were taken further for final data analysis. Statistical software of SPSS and Smart PLS 2.0 M3 were used to perform data analysis. Findings - Supervisor support and coworker support were found to be significant predictors of work engagement. Further, meaningful work was found mediating these relationships. Originality/value - The findings enrich literature of social support, work engagement, and meaningful work. The study is one of the foremost empirical works examining the mediating potential of meaningful work on the relationships between two social resources (supervisor support and coworker support) and work engagement. The issue of work engagement is evident in several mainstream work sectors alongside the education sector. Hence, the research findings are worthy to help understand work engagement issues and how to tackle it in the education setting.

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  • Umair Ahmed & Irene Seok-Ching Yong & Munwar Hussain Pahi & Sarfraz Ahmed Dakhan, 2021. "Does meaningful work encompass support towards supervisory, worker and engagement relationship?," International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 71(8), pages 3704-3723, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijppmp:ijppm-06-2020-0321
    DOI: 10.1108/IJPPM-06-2020-0321
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