<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Engaged employees are considered as the most desired assets for the organization. Although significant contributions have been observed in the engagement literature, a holistic approach is yet to be untouched in terms of developing relationship between various resources, work engagement and psychological mechanism such as meaningful work. The purpose of this study is to explore the mediating role of meaningful work between resources and work engagement in private banks in Bangladesh. This study followed the quantitative methodological approach and based on <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_mmcks-2018-0005_ref_006_w2aab3b7b5b1b6b1ab1ab6Aa">Bakker and Demerouti’s (2007)</xref> Job demand-resources model. A survey questionnaire was prepared and used to collect data. 440 respondents participated in this study, who is currently working in private banks in Bangladesh. Multiple regression analysis along with Sobel test was performed to analyze the data. The findings confirmed that the relationships between organizational, job, personal resources and work engagement were partially mediated through meaningful work. It has been observed that all determinates had a significant influence on work engagement. For practical implications, the organization can align various resources to uplift the engagement level of the employees. Since meaningful work was found to be a significant predictor, managers can develop jobs where employees can relate their purpose to their work. This study recommends that future research can apply this model to different contexts as well as to different groups of respondents.</p></abstract>

Engaged employees are considered as the most desired assets for the organization. Although significant contributions have been observed in the engagement literature, a holistic approach is yet to be untouched in terms of developing relationship between various resources, work engagement and psychological mechanism such as meaningful work. The purpose of this study is to explore the mediating role of meaningful work between resources and work engagement in private banks in Bangladesh. This study followed the quantitative methodological approach and based on Bakker and Demerouti’s (2007) Job demand-resources model. A survey questionnaire was prepared and used to collect data. 440 respondents participated in this study, who is currently working in private banks in Bangladesh. Multiple regression analysis along with Sobel test was performed to analyze the data. The findings confirmed that the relationships between organizational, job, personal resources and work engagement were partially mediated through meaningful work. It has been observed that all determinates had a significant influence on work engagement. For practical implications, the organization can align various resources to uplift the engagement level of the employees. Since meaningful work was found to be a significant predictor, managers can develop jobs where employees can relate their purpose to their work. This study recommends that future research can apply this model to different contexts as well as to different groups of respondents.

Mediating role of meaningful work between resources and work engagement in Bangladesh’s private banks

National Institute of Development Administration

Management & Marketing

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Engaged employees are considered as the most desired assets for the organization. Although significant contributions have been observed in the engagement...

Mediating role of meaningful work between resources and work engagement in Bangladesh’s private banks

Published Online: Mar 20, 2018

Page range: 777 - 795

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmcks-2018-0005

Keywords
meaningful work, work engagement, organizational resources, job resources, personal resources

© 2018 Rubaba Nawrin, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mediating role of meaningful work between resources and work engagement in Bangladesh’s private banks

Published Online: Mar 20, 2018

Page range: 777 - 795

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmcks-2018-0005

Keywordsmeaningful work, work engagement, organizational resources, job resources, personal resources

© 2018 Rubaba Nawrin, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
meaningful work, work engagement, organizational resources, job resources, personal resources