Job Characteristics and Job Engagement: A Two-Wave Study among Library Employees

Authors

Jerry Wright, San Jose State University
Nancy Da Silva, San Jose State UniversityFollow

Publication Date

1-1-2022

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Library Administration

Volume

62

Issue

4

DOI

10.1080/01930826.2022.2057127

First Page

465

Last Page

480

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether coworker support moderates the relationship between role stressors and job engagement among library employees. Library employees (n = 96) were surveyed over two time periods to assess these relationships. As predicted, job engagement at time 1 was significantly related to job engagement at time 2. As hypothesized, coworker support was found to buffer the effect of role ambiguity on job engagement. Job engagement was not as impacted for employees who had supportive coworkers in the face of ambiguity compared to those who did not feel supported by their colleagues.

Keywords

coworker support, Job engagement, library, role stressors

Department

Management

Recommended Citation

Jerry Wright and Nancy Da Silva. "Job Characteristics and Job Engagement: A Two-Wave Study among Library Employees" Journal of Library Administration (2022): 465-480. https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2022.2057127