Positive organizational behavior: Engaged employees in flourishing organizations

By Arnold B. Bakker, Wilmar B. Schaufeli. 2008

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology

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Job crafting : towards a new model of individual job redesign : original research (2010, background): “…of vigour, dedication and absorption) mediates the relationship between job resources and positive outcomes, such as commitment to the organisation (Bakker & Schaufeli, 2008; Hakanen, Bakker & Demerouti, 2005; Richardsen, Burke & Martinussen, 2006), extra-role behaviour (Bakker, Demerouti &…”
Burnout: 35 years of research and practice (2009, background): “The growing scientific interest for work engagement is exemplified by special issues of leading journals such as the Journal of Organizational Behavior (Bakker and Schaufeli, 2008) and Work & Stress (Bakker et al., 2008).”
Everyday working life: Explaining within-person fluctuations in employee well-being (2012, background): “POB emphasizes the need for more focused theory development, research and effective applications of positive traits, states and behaviours of employees in organizations (Bakker and Schaufeli, 2008).”
Are workaholics born or made? Relations of workaholism with person characteristics and overwork climate. (2014, background): “Therefore, workaholics tend to work harder than is required primarily because they are driven by their inner compulsion (Bakker & Schaufeli, 2008).”
Leadership theories and the concept of work engagement: Creating a conceptual framework for management implications and research (2015, background): “Several studies have shown that engaged employees show high levels of self-efficacy in terms of directing their own career and investing energy in it (Bakker & Schaufeli, 2008; Bakker, 2009; Halbesleben, 2010).”
Work engagement: An emerging concept in occupational health psychology (2008, positive): “Thus, they need employees who feel energetic and dedicated, and who are absorbed by their work, ie, who are engaged with their work (Bakker & Schaufeli, 2008 ).”
Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9) A Cross-Cultural Analysis (2010, background): “This has created an increasing impulse toward the investigation of what has been termed positive organizational behavior (Bakker & Schaufeli, 2008; Luthans, 2002; Nelson & Cooper, 2007).”
To Invest or Not? The Role of Coworker Support and Trust in Daily Reciprocal Gain Spirals of Helping Behavior (2015, background): “Given the all-encompassing nature of that definition, theorists highlight the importance of differentiating among aspects of how employees use these resources to improve their well-being (Bakker & Schaufeli, 2008).”
The Relationship Between Work Engagement and Work–Life Balance in Organizations: A Review of the Empirical Research (2020, background): “From an organizational perspective, vigorous employees persist with difficulties and find their job energizing (Bakker & Schaufeli, 2008; Timms et al., 2015).”
Job crafting and extra-role behavior: The role of work engagement and flourishing (2015, background): “…have been shown to be associated with a range of positive outcomes like pro-social behavior, productivity, creativity and good relationships (reviews in Diener et al., 2010; Huppert, 2009), the relationship of flourishing with positive work outcomes is under-researched (Bakker & Schaufeli, 2008).”
Does supervisor-perceived authentic leadership influence employee work engagement through employee-perceived authentic leadership and employee trust? (2015, background): “…authentic leadership, employee trust and employee work engagement Work engagement is a positive organizational behavior (POB) construct (Bakker & Schaufeli, 2008; Jeung, 2011); it is defined as a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind and is characterized by vigor, dedication…”
Thriving at work: A meta‐analysis (2019, background): “The behavior of supervisors can have a significant influence on employees' attitudes and work behavior (Bakker & Schaufeli, 2008; Eisenberger, Stinglhamber, Vandenberghe, Sucharski, & Rhoades, 2002; Gilbreath & Karimi, 2012), as well as their physical and psychological health (Gilbreath & Karimi,…”
Workaholism and work engagement: how are they similar? How are they different? A systematic review and meta-analysis (2019, background): “Thus, they bring about potentially higher returns for their organizations (Bakker & Schaufeli, 2008; Langford, 2010).”
Retaining Social Workers: The Role of Quality of Work and Psychosocial Safety Climate for Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment (2019, background): “Furthermore, in line with the positive organizational psychology approach (e.g., Bakker & Schaufeli, 2008; Di Fabio, 2017; Gable & Haidt, 2005), the present study focuses on the motivational process in the JD-R model.”
Does corporate social responsibility impact on employee engagement (2014, background): “For the purpose of this paper our preferred definition is the one provided by Bakker and Schaufeli (2008) that states that work engagement can be defined as a positive, fulfilling, affective-motivational state of work-related well-being.”