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9 - Work Engagement and Organizational Well-Being

from Part III - Major Issues Relating to Stress and Well-Being

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2023

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Marisa Salanova
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Laurent M. Lapierre  and
Sir Cary Cooper
Laurent M. Lapierre
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University of Ottawa
Sir Cary Cooper
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
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Work engagement (WE) research has increased in recent years. In the past 10 years, about 1,000 peer-reviewed papers, 400 PhD theses, and over 100 books have been published on work/employee engagement. Thanks to this research, we know more about what work engagement is, how and when employees experience it, and how work engagement is related to improved organizational well-being, among others. This chapter presents a brief overview of the recent literature with the aim of identifying both lessons learned and gaps in our understanding of the relationship between work engagement and organizational well-being. The chapter specifically aims to offer a comprehensive framework of what work engagement is, how and why WE is experienced by employees, and the way it is conceptually connected to different facets of well-being in organizations, such as physical, psychological/mental, and social well-being. The chapter ends with some theoretical and practical insights, as well as an agenda for further research on the link between WE and well-being and their reciprocal relationship over time in modern and positive organizations.

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Organizational Stress and Well-Being , pp. 260 - 308
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