Work engagement

Work engagement is the "harnessing of organization member's selves to their work roles: in engagement, people employ and express themselves physically, cognitively, emotionally and mentally during role <a href="/facts/Performance/LoPW1hxp">performances</a>".: 694  Three aspects of work motivation are cognitive, emotional and physical engagement.
There are two schools of thought with regard to the definition of work engagement. On the one hand Maslach and Leiter assume that a continuum exists with <a href="/facts/Burnout_(psychology)/NNkrb4YV">burnout</a> and engagement as two opposite poles. The second school of thought operationalizes engagement in its own right as the positive <a href="/facts/Antithesis/vuKbaqwY">antithesis</a> of burnout. According to this approach, work engagement is defined as a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind that is characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption. Vigor is characterized by high levels of energy and mental resilience while working, the willingness to invest effort in one's work, and persistence even in the face of difficulties; dedication by being strongly involved in one's work, and experiencing a sense of significance, enthusiasm, inspiration, pride, and challenge; and absorption by being fully concentrated and happily engrossed in one's work, whereby time passes quickly and one has difficulties with detaching oneself from work.
Organizations need energetic and dedicated employees: people who are engaged with their work. These organizations expect <a href="/facts/Proactivity/BKSj8L8o">proactivity</a>, initiative and responsibility for personal development from their employees.

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Work engagement