ABSTRACT

Drawing on the conservation of resources theory, this study examines the curvilinear relationship between social workers’ meaningful work and work engagement. Data gathered from 223 social workers reveal that the relationship between meaningful work and work engagement showed a U-shaped curve when psychological capital is low. In contrast, this relationship showed an inverted U-shaped curve when psychological capital is high. Our study makes significant contributions to the literature in the following ways. First and foremost, this is the first paper that provides an established base to validate the momentary and changing nature of meaningful work empirically. Second, we further addressed how the fluctuating nature of meaningful work can be addressed through individuals’ demographic variables of psychological capital. Finally, our results provide managerial interventions that support businesses in advancing the understanding of psychological processes in contexts related to the broad area of work and in organizations.

摘要

本研究借鉴资源节约理论，探讨了社会工作者有意义的工作与工作投入之间的曲线关系。从 223 名社会工作者收集的数据显示，当心理资本较低时，有意义的工作与工作投入之间的关系呈 U 形曲线。相反，当心理资本较高时，这种关系呈现倒U形曲线。我们的研究通过以下方式对文献做出了重大贡献。首先也是最重要的，这是第一篇为实证验证有意义工作的瞬时性和变化性本质提供了既定基础的论文。其次，我们进一步讨论了如何通过个人心理资本的人口统计变量来解决有意义的工作的波动性。最后，