The Impact of Collective Psychological Ownership on Social Workers’ Work Engagement in the Job Demands-Resources Model

Xuebing  Su; Victor  Wong; Chi Kin  Kwan; Linda  Mok

doi:10.1080/23303131.2021.2007195

The Impact of Collective Psychological Ownership on Social Workers’ Work Engagement in the Job Demands-Resources Model

Xuebing Su^*, Victor Wong, Chi Kin Kwan, Linda Mok

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Abstract

Using a sample of questionnaires completed by social workers (n = 276) working in 104 non-governmental organizations in Macao and the Social Welfare Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government, this study examined the role of collective psychological ownership (CPO) in the job demands-resources (JD-R) model in explaining social workers’ work engagement. The results of a bootstrap test showed that CPO partially mediated the influence of job resources and job demands on work engagement when controlling for sociodemographic factors (i.e., gender, age, and educational attainment) and monthly income. The results of structural equation modeling suggested that CPO did not play a mediating role in the relationship between job demands and work engagement; the effect of job demands on work engagement was instead inhibited when controlling for job resources and CPO. The study sheds new light on the development of the JD-R model and on initiatives to enhance work engagement.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	224-237
Number of pages	14
Journal	Human Service Organizations Management, Leadership and Governance
Volume	46
Issue number	3
Early online date	2 Dec 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/23303131.2021.2007195
Publication status	Published - 27 May 2022

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Health(social science)
Sociology and Political Science
Public Administration
Strategy and Management

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Job demands-resources model
social workers
work engagement

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