Understanding the dimension of job resources, personal resources and transformational leadership in boosting work engagement level among employees in public sector

Work engagement is the envy of many organizations. The argument is simply based on numerous benefits it offers on plate. Many studies have confirmed that work engagement has massive influence for various positive results that leads towards better performance of individual and organizations. For Mala...

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Main Authors: Zakaria, Zaki, Idris, Khairuddin, Abu Samah, Bahaman, Zainal Abiddin, Norhasni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14693/
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author Zakaria, Zaki
Idris, Khairuddin
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Zainal Abiddin, Norhasni
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Zainal Abiddin, Norhasni
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description Work engagement is the envy of many organizations. The argument is simply based on numerous benefits it offers on plate. Many studies have confirmed that work engagement has massive influence for various positive results that leads towards better performance of individual and organizations. For Malaysian public service employees, they have been identified as the primary facilitators in ensuring all government initiatives and programmes are carried out effectively. This has been outlined in the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) as Malaysia has bold intention towards becoming a fully developed nation by 2020. Thus, public servants must be fully engaged in their daily activities as this the key towards recording excellence performance as wish by citizen and stakeholder. However, several reports from multiple organizations regarding that Malaysia has recorded low percentage of having engaged workforce. This scenario needs urgent attention as disengaged employees are associated with many negative consequences such low productivity, high turnover and even drive customers away. From the public service perspective, the future of our nation building is at stake. Based on literature reviews, job resources, personal resources and transformational leadership have profound impact towards increasing level of engagement among employees. Hence, understanding on certain dimension of the aforementioned three variables above is vital as they are able to explain work engagement among public servants.
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spelling upm-146932019-04-09T03:46:18Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14693/ Understanding the dimension of job resources, personal resources and transformational leadership in boosting work engagement level among employees in public sector Zakaria, Zaki Idris, Khairuddin Abu Samah, Bahaman Zainal Abiddin, Norhasni Work engagement is the envy of many organizations. The argument is simply based on numerous benefits it offers on plate. Many studies have confirmed that work engagement has massive influence for various positive results that leads towards better performance of individual and organizations. For Malaysian public service employees, they have been identified as the primary facilitators in ensuring all government initiatives and programmes are carried out effectively. This has been outlined in the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) as Malaysia has bold intention towards becoming a fully developed nation by 2020. Thus, public servants must be fully engaged in their daily activities as this the key towards recording excellence performance as wish by citizen and stakeholder. However, several reports from multiple organizations regarding that Malaysia has recorded low percentage of having engaged workforce. This scenario needs urgent attention as disengaged employees are associated with many negative consequences such low productivity, high turnover and even drive customers away. From the public service perspective, the future of our nation building is at stake. Based on literature reviews, job resources, personal resources and transformational leadership have profound impact towards increasing level of engagement among employees. Hence, understanding on certain dimension of the aforementioned three variables above is vital as they are able to explain work engagement among public servants. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14693/1/14693.pdf Zakaria, Zaki and Idris, Khairuddin and Abu Samah, Bahaman and Zainal Abiddin, Norhasni (2018) Understanding the dimension of job resources, personal resources and transformational leadership in boosting work engagement level among employees in public sector. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8 (10). pp. 1035-1051. ISSN 2222-6990 http://hrmars.com/index.php/papers/detail/IJARBSS/4797 10.6007/IJARBSS/v8-i10/4797
spellingShingle Zakaria, Zaki
Idris, Khairuddin
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Zainal Abiddin, Norhasni
Understanding the dimension of job resources, personal resources and transformational leadership in boosting work engagement level among employees in public sector
title Understanding the dimension of job resources, personal resources and transformational leadership in boosting work engagement level among employees in public sector
title_full Understanding the dimension of job resources, personal resources and transformational leadership in boosting work engagement level among employees in public sector
title_fullStr Understanding the dimension of job resources, personal resources and transformational leadership in boosting work engagement level among employees in public sector
title_full_unstemmed Understanding the dimension of job resources, personal resources and transformational leadership in boosting work engagement level among employees in public sector
title_short Understanding the dimension of job resources, personal resources and transformational leadership in boosting work engagement level among employees in public sector
title_sort understanding the dimension of job resources, personal resources and transformational leadership in boosting work engagement level among employees in public sector
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