Title: Exploring the nexus between job design and work engagement: mediating role of meaning in work

Authors: Pooja Garg; Ki-Soon Han; Parul Malik

Addresses: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, Uttarakhand, India; Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies, Fellow for International Scholar Exchange Fellowship, Korea ' Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Nagpur – 440008, Maharashtra, India ' Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur, Sirmaur, Paonta Sahib-173025, India

Abstract: The present study examines the nexus between job design and work engagement and test the mediating effect of meaning in work on the relationship between job design and work engagement. Data were collected using a survey method and comprised of 300 employees working in manufacturing firms based in India. The results revealed that when employees are offered well-designed jobs, they are more likely to experience meaning in work, which has as a spill over effect on the positive behavioural pattern of employees in terms of work engagement. The study results revealed that an effective job design can be a resounding aspect of the organisations, where employees experience meaning in work and work engagement.

Keywords: meaning in work; work engagement; positive psychology; job design.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2021.113706

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2021 Vol.23 No.3, pp.389 - 414

Received: 23 Mar 2019
Accepted: 30 May 2019
Published online: 19 Mar 2021 *

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