Proceedings of the 2nd Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2020)

Stress and Work Engagement: Meaningful Work as Mediator

Authors
Tuti Rahmi, Efi Fitriana, Diana Harding, Hendriati Agustiani
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Tuti Rahmi
Available Online 21 June 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210618.069How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Stress, meaningful Work, work engagement
Abstract

Background: Work engagement is the antecedent of various outcomes, for instance, performance and well-being. Employees can deeply involve when they have an excellent level of work engagement at work. They become more productive that impacts the organization’s benefits and has a positive effect on them. Our study tested whether stress relates negatively to work engagement and if a relationship would be mediated by meaningful work. Method: The research design was a cross-sectional study; 203 participants were included, who work as civil servants and private employees with a minimum education at the undergraduate level. They filled out the scales distributed online. The model was tested used a structural equation model. Result: The result shows a direct negative association between perceived stress and work engagement, a direct negative association between perceived stress and meaningful work, meanwhile a direct positive relationship between meaningful work and work engagement. Henceforward, the structural equation model reveals that meaningful work partially mediated a negative association between perceived stress and work engagement. Conclusion: The study has proved that the empirical evidence of how perceived stress can contribute to work engagement, and in this study, the relationship between the two variables can interfere with meaningful work.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
21 June 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-398-1
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210618.069How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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