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Working women: personality dimensions as predictors of work engagement

Author Affiliations

  • 1Acropolis Faculty of Management and Research, DAVV Indore, India
  • 2Acropolis Faculty of Management and Research, DAVV Indore, India

Int. Res. J. Social Sci., Volume 9, Issue (3), Pages 1-6, July,14 (2020)

Abstract

Work engagement of female employees is crucial and worthwhile for the employers as she is actively involved in setting a positive happy working environment in the organizations. Males and females in organizations have almost similar levels of engagement. The current study tried to study the impact of various personality dimension (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability and openness) on work engagement levels of Married vis-A -vis Unmarried working women in Indore city. Results indicate a moderate Correlation between Personality and Work Engagement (r=.385, p< 0.05). With Multiple Regression when various personality dimensions were predicted it was found that Extraversion (Beta =.251, p<.05) and Agreeableness (Beta=.175, p<.05) were significant predictors. Conscientiousness (Beta=.175, p<.05) was a mild predictor, Emotional Stability (Beta=-.092, p<.05) and Openness (Beta=-.165, p<.05) were not a significant predictor. Moderately engaged employees can easily drift towards the negative end of the Engagement scale resulting in negative outcomes. Organizations having global presence need to cater to this group of employees. The value of linear regression being 40.7% of the variance in the data clearly indicate that personality does play a vital role in work engagement.

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