An Empirical Research On Work Engagement Based On Job Demands-resources Model

With the developing of positive psychology, work engagement was produced. Today, as a newperspective of the modern enterprise management, it has become popular as many scholarsresearch topic. The aim of this study was to explore the influence factors of work engagement ofR&D employees who work in the clothing enterprise based on JD-R model. Firstly, I consulted alarge number of related literatures at home and abroad, and detailed interviews with theemployees. On the basis of it, I compiled a revision of demands-resources questionnaire which issuitable for the apparel enterprise R&D staff, Combining UWES-9scale, as a tool for researchmethod. Then I collected valid data which was statistically analyzed using SPSS18.0. To verifythe hypothesis, Using AMOS17.0built a structural equation model. The conclusions are asfollows:(1) Work engagement includes three dimensions: vigor, dedication and absorption; Jobdemands include three dimensions: comprehensive quality, work load, work family conflict; Jobresources include four dimensions: work autonomous, social support, career development andperformance feedback;(2) The work engagement of the appeal enterprise R&D employees is upper middle level; Jobdemands is medium level; Job resources in relatively high.(3) The demographic variables such as gender, age, education background, income,department, the nature of the unit, have remarkable influences on work engagement, there wereno significant difference in marital status, working age; Job demands, there were significantdifferences all aspects; Job resources, there were significant differences all aspects;(4) The results reveal that job demands negatively relate to work engagement but positivelyrelate to job resources, whereas job resources positively relate to work engagement; In addition to the dimension of working-families, job demands have significant negative prediction functionto work engagement; In addition to performance feedback, work engagement is exclusivelypredicted by available job resources;Finally, put forward some valuable suggestions about this research to the clothing enterprises.