Jongsma, Mirjam (2024) The Role of Work Engagement and Self-Efficacy in the Relationship between Work Condition and Perceived Meaningfulness. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic was a catalyst for the increase of remote work in recent years, yet the effect of working from home on how employees perceive the meaning of their work is unclear. Moreover, the contribution that individual differences such as work engagement and self-efficacy might have in this possible relationship has not received much research attention. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between work condition and the meaning of work as well as the possible mediating role of work engagement and the possible moderating role of self-efficacy. The study was a within-subjects cross-sectional design. Participants were 119 employed individuals over the age of 18 that completed our questionnaire to measure the meaning of work, work engagement, work condition and self-efficacy. Their responses were analyzed with a moderated mediation analysis using PROCESS in SPSS. The current results reveal an insignificant relationship between work condition, work engagement, self-efficacy, and meaning of work. These findings demonstrate that work engagement does not function as a mediator in the relationship between work condition and meaning of work, and that self-efficacy does not play a moderating role in this relationship either. The insignificant findings may be due to methodological or conceptual limitations of the present research and suggestions for future research are proposed.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Adams, S.P. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology (WOP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2024 08:40 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2024 08:40 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4338 |
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