Psychosocial risks and job satisfaction in argentinian scholars: exploring the moderating role of work engagement

The increasing psychosocial risks imposed on today's scholars have turned their profession into a highly stressful career path. Drawing on evidence collected in a sample of 177 scholars from an Argentinian public university, this study explores the buffering role of work engagement in the relat...

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Autores: Pujol-Cols, Lucas J., Lazzaro-Salazar, Mariana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales
Repositorio:Nülan (UNMDP-FCEyS)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:nulan.mdp.edu.ar:2966
Acceso en línea:https://nulan.mdp.edu.ar/id/eprint/2966/
https://nulan.mdp.edu.ar/id/eprint/2966/1/pujol-lazzaro-2018.pdf
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Engagement
Riesgos Psicosociales
Satisfacción Laboral
Personal Académico
Universidades Públicas
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Sumario:The increasing psychosocial risks imposed on today's scholars have turned their profession into a highly stressful career path. Drawing on evidence collected in a sample of 177 scholars from an Argentinian public university, this study explores the buffering role of work engagement in the relationship between perceived exposure to six work-related psychosocial risk factors, namely psychological demands, insufficient autonomy, lack of social support and leadership, insufficient esteem, double presence, and job insecurity, and job satisfaction. Hierarchical regression analyses resulted in three out of six possible interaction effects, revealing that work engagement indeed moderates the effects of psychological demands, lack of social support and leadership, and insufficient esteem on scholars' job satisfaction. We discuss the findings in relation to directions proposed for future research.