TY - BOOK
T1 - Understanding the experience of job engagement within everyday working life
T2 - a mixed methods study across six organisational settings
AU - Fletcher, Luke
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Engagement has emerged as an important psychological state that may optimise the wellbeing and performance of employees (Truss, Delbridge et al, 2013). Utilising Kahn's (1990) theorising on engagement, this PhD thesis aimed to examine, in close detail, how employees experience engagement in everyday working life. A mixed methods study (Creswell and Plano-Clarke, 2011), incorporating quantitative work diaries and semi-structured interviews, was conducted across six matched paired small and medium sized organisations (SMEs) representing manufacturing, professional services and public sectors. 124 employees participated in both the interviews and the six-day work diary. At each organisation, managers with people management responsibilities were interviewed and a small number of employee observations were undertaken. The study, as a whole, sought to address two research questions.
AB - Engagement has emerged as an important psychological state that may optimise the wellbeing and performance of employees (Truss, Delbridge et al, 2013). Utilising Kahn's (1990) theorising on engagement, this PhD thesis aimed to examine, in close detail, how employees experience engagement in everyday working life. A mixed methods study (Creswell and Plano-Clarke, 2011), incorporating quantitative work diaries and semi-structured interviews, was conducted across six matched paired small and medium sized organisations (SMEs) representing manufacturing, professional services and public sectors. 124 employees participated in both the interviews and the six-day work diary. At each organisation, managers with people management responsibilities were interviewed and a small number of employee observations were undertaken. The study, as a whole, sought to address two research questions.
UR - https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.698909
M3 - Doctoral Thesis
ER -