work engagement is defined as a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind that is characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption. vigor is characterized by high levels of energy and mental resilience while working, the willingness to invest effort in one’s work, and persistence even in the face of difficulties; dedication by being strongly involved in one's work, and experiencin...

Academic writing is typically encoded by relatively negotiable and arguable resources indicating the potentially dialogistic nature of its discourse community, and has been the area of investigation from different perspectives. One of these perspectives has been the way that determines dialogistic resources in the rhetorical formation of textbooks. Thus, this study is conducted to explore and e...

The present study among 110 Spanish university students expands previous research on work engagement by investigating the causal relationships between two potentially important resources in the use of Information & Communication Technology (i.e., time control and method control), efficacy beliefs and engagement. More specifically, two questions are addressed: (1) do personal resources mediate t...

Meaningful work and employee engagement have been the subject of increasing interest in organizational research practice over recent years. Both constructs shown to influence important outcomes, such as job satisfaction, wellbeing, performance. Only a limited amount empirical has focused on understanding relationship within existing theoretical frameworks. For this study, meaningful is proposed...

This paper investigates engagement resources employed in research article abstracts the field of English for Specific Purposes. Engagement comprise rhetorical strategies by which authors allow or dismiss alternative viewpoints. Excluding dialogic space opinions is termed contraction, while opening up possibility alternatives expansion. These are described within Appraisal theory Systemic Functi...

This study aims to: (1) examine the stable and changing components across time of job resources, job demands, work engagement, and burnout, and (2) investigate the relationships -as specified by the Job Demands-Resources model -between job characteristics (demands and resources) and employee well-being (burnout and engagement) when controlled for their stable components. These two issues were a...

BACKGROUND Job crafting, an employee-initiated job design/redesign, has become important for employees' well-being. However, most studies on the relationship between job crafting and employees' well-being have been conducted in western countries; thus, it is unclear whether job crafting can be effectively applied to Asian cultures, such as Japan, which emphasizes group harmony. The aim of this ...