Personal Resources and Work Engagement in the Face of Change

Machteld van den Heuvel, Evangelia Demerouti, Arnold B. Bakker, Wilmar B. Schaufeli

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191 Citations (Scopus)
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationContemporary Occupational Health Psychology
Subtitle of host publicationGlobal Perspectives on Research and Practice, Volume 1
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages124-150
Number of pages27
ISBN (Print)9780470682654
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Aug 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • "new world of work" - digital work style characterized by flexible hours and no fixed locations
  • Current financial crisis and ongoing technological innovation - pressure on employees, change-ability and resilience
  • Employee attitudes to organizational change
  • Healthy organizational change
  • Ideal "new" employee - self-directed, proactive, networking entrepreneur, responsibility for his or her own performance and development
  • Innovative IT systems - working life easier and supporting employee productivity
  • Optimism, generalized, positive outcome expectancies
  • Personal resources and work engagement in face of change
  • Positive Organizational Behavior (POB) - approach to personal resources in workplace
  • Relevance of including role of person - in studies on organizational change

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Psychology

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