The Effect of Psychological Capital on Work Engagement

Ali Erbasi; Melih Celil Ozbek

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Published: Oct 25, 2016

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Psychological Capital Work Engagement Effect Research Assistants University

Ali Erbasi

Melih Celil Ozbek

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The aim of this study is to examine the effect of psychological capital on work engagement. For this purpose, the data obtained from questionnaires applied to 280 research assistants working at Selcuk University (in Turkey) were evaluated in SPSS 21.0 program. In the evaluation, measures of central tendency and descriptive statistics were used, and correlation and regression analysis were performed. According to the findings, it was found that the linear combination of values of durability, hope, optimism, durability, and work engagement from psychological capital components to predict work engagement at a significant level. In terms of value into the regression equation, it was found that the component of hope, durability, and optimism to be significant to predict work engagement, and self-sufficiency component was found to have no effect on work engagement statically. In addition, durability component was seen to be the psychological capital component predicting the work engagement best. In this context, as research assistants’ levels of self-sufficiency, hope, and durability increases, their work engagement can be said to increase. In the study, the effect of psychological capital dimensions on each dimension of work engagement was examined. According to the obtained results, hope, durability, and optimism dimensions predict vigor dimension; self-efficacy, hope, durability, and optimism predict concentration dimension.

Keywords: Psychological Capital; Work Engagement; Effect; Research Assistants; University

Australian Academy of Business and Economics Review, vol 2, issue 4, October 2016, pp 276-284

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Vol. 2 No. 4 (2016)

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Professor Francisco Coronel, Hampton University, Virginia, USA

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Dr. Wan Norhayate Bt. Wan Daud, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Malaysia
Dr Kasim Mansur, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
Dr S. Fiona Chan, Massey University, New Zealand
Dr Fiona Edgar, University of Otago, New Zealand
Dr Nighat Ansari, University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Dr Nirmala Dorasamy, Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Dr William W. Kirkley, Massey University, New Zealand
Dr Ivy Chia, Lecturer of Business, SIM University, Singapore
Dr James Henry, University of Otago, NewZaland
Dr Yuan Yuan Hu, Massey University, New Zealand

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Dr. Andrew Banasiewicz, Merrimack College, USA
Dr. Mahadzirah Mohamad, Professor of Marketing, University of Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Malaysia
Professor Moha Abdullah, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dr Xiaoming Li, Associate Professor of Economics, Massey University, New Zealand
Professor Dr Wei-Bin Zhang, Professor of Economics, College of Asia Pacific Management, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan

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