Work Engagement: A meta-Analysis Using the Job Demands-Resources Model.

Although the construct of work engagement has been extensively explored, a systematic meta-analysis based on a consistent categorization of engagement antecedents, outcomes, and well-being correlates is still lacking. The results of prior research reporting 533 correlations from 113 independent samples ( = 94, = 119,420) were coded using a meta-analytic approach. The effect size for development resources ( = .

Job Crafting as a Mediator between Work Engagement and Wellbeing Outcomes: A Time-Lagged Study.

This time-lagged study, using the framework of the JD-R model, tested the mediating role of job crafting measuring: at T1, work engagement, workaholism and emotional exhaustion; at T2, job crafting; and, at T3, flourishing, job performance and job satisfaction. Respondents were 443 Spanish employees working in different companies. Results show that job crafting mediates the relationship between work engagement and some of its outcomes (job performance and flourishing).