Personality and psychological conditions in relation to job engagement amongst municipal workers in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa

Orientation: Increasing job engagement in a sustainable way remains a challenge and the question remains as to why employees, when working under comparable conditions display signs of job engagement whereas others display a few or no signs of job engagement. Research purpose: The aim of the study w...

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Main Authors: Tatenda S. Mhlanga, Themba Q. Mjoli, Shingirayi F. Chamisa, Chioneso S. Marange
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2021-03-01
Series:SA Journal of Industrial Psychology
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Online Access:https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/1804
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spelling doaj-32421d4d8cb04a3b9d17859269a5a4972021-03-25T13:41:34ZengAOSISSA Journal of Industrial Psychology0258-52002071-07632021-03-01470e1e1310.4102/sajip.v47i0.18041177Personality and psychological conditions in relation to job engagement amongst municipal workers in the Eastern Cape province, South AfricaTatenda S. Mhlanga0Themba Q. Mjoli1Shingirayi F. Chamisa2Chioneso S. Marange3Department of Industrial Psychology, University of Free State, PhuthaditjhabaDepartment of Industrial Psychology, University of Fort Hare, AliceDepartment of Industrial Psychology, University of Free State, PhuthaditjhabaDepartment of Statistics, University of Fort Hare, AliceOrientation: Increasing job engagement in a sustainable way remains a challenge and the question remains as to why employees, when working under comparable conditions display signs of job engagement whereas others display a few or no signs of job engagement. Research purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the linear relationships and establish usable models for the big five personality traits and psychological conditions on job engagement amongst municipal workers. Motivation for the study: The motivation of this study is to examine the relationship between personality and psychological conditions on job engagement. Research approach/design and method: The study employed a quantitative, cross- sectional research design using a questionnaire on a sample of 403 district municipal workers in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa. Main findings: Findings show that conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, intellect and all psychological conditions had a positive relationship with job engagement while neuroticism has a negative relationship with job engagement. Hierarchical regression models revealed that psychological conditions add unique variance in predicting job engagement above and beyond that which is predicted by the personality traits. Practical/managerial implications: Job engagement can be enhanced through the hiring employees with certain personality traits and enhancing meaningfulness, safety and availability of psychological resources in the workplace. Contribution/value-add: The study findings support a relatively rich literature which suggests that employees with certain personality traits such as conscientiousness, agreeableness, intellect and perceives that all psychological conditions are being met tend to be more engaged in their job.https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/1804personalityjob engagementpsychological conditionsmunicipal workerseastern cape.
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author Tatenda S. Mhlanga
Themba Q. Mjoli
Shingirayi F. Chamisa
Chioneso S. Marange
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Themba Q. Mjoli
Shingirayi F. Chamisa
Chioneso S. Marange
Personality and psychological conditions in relation to job engagement amongst municipal workers in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
SA Journal of Industrial Psychology
personality
job engagement
psychological conditions
municipal workers
eastern cape.
author_facet Tatenda S. Mhlanga
Themba Q. Mjoli
Shingirayi F. Chamisa
Chioneso S. Marange
author_sort Tatenda S. Mhlanga
title Personality and psychological conditions in relation to job engagement amongst municipal workers in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
title_short Personality and psychological conditions in relation to job engagement amongst municipal workers in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
title_full Personality and psychological conditions in relation to job engagement amongst municipal workers in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
title_fullStr Personality and psychological conditions in relation to job engagement amongst municipal workers in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Personality and psychological conditions in relation to job engagement amongst municipal workers in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
title_sort personality and psychological conditions in relation to job engagement amongst municipal workers in the eastern cape province, south africa
publisher AOSIS
series SA Journal of Industrial Psychology
issn 0258-5200
2071-0763
publishDate 2021-03-01
description Orientation: Increasing job engagement in a sustainable way remains a challenge and the question remains as to why employees, when working under comparable conditions display signs of job engagement whereas others display a few or no signs of job engagement. Research purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the linear relationships and establish usable models for the big five personality traits and psychological conditions on job engagement amongst municipal workers. Motivation for the study: The motivation of this study is to examine the relationship between personality and psychological conditions on job engagement. Research approach/design and method: The study employed a quantitative, cross- sectional research design using a questionnaire on a sample of 403 district municipal workers in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa. Main findings: Findings show that conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, intellect and all psychological conditions had a positive relationship with job engagement while neuroticism has a negative relationship with job engagement. Hierarchical regression models revealed that psychological conditions add unique variance in predicting job engagement above and beyond that which is predicted by the personality traits. Practical/managerial implications: Job engagement can be enhanced through the hiring employees with certain personality traits and enhancing meaningfulness, safety and availability of psychological resources in the workplace. Contribution/value-add: The study findings support a relatively rich literature which suggests that employees with certain personality traits such as conscientiousness, agreeableness, intellect and perceives that all psychological conditions are being met tend to be more engaged in their job.
topic personality
job engagement
psychological conditions
municipal workers
eastern cape.
url https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/1804
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