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Safeguarding Health at the Workplace: A Study of Work Engagement, Authenticity and Subjective Wellbeing among Religious Workers

Authors

ARIZA MONTES, JOSÉ ANTONIO, LEAL RODRÍGUEZ, ANTONIO LUIS, RAMÍREZ SOBRINO, JESÚS NICOLÁS, MOLINA SÁNCHEZ, HORACIO

External publication

No

Means

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health

Scope

Article

Nature

Científica

JCR Quartile

SJR Quartile

JCR Impact

2.849

SJR Impact

0.739

Publication date

01/01/2019

ISI

000487037500011

Scopus Id

2-s2.0-85071496229

Abstract

Research in work and organizational psychology has paid little attention to religious workers, something certainly surprising as faith-based organizations play a key role in the welfare state of many countries. This research shows that religious workers in a Catholic order present a high degree of subjective wellbeing, both in terms of flourishing and satisfaction with life in general, and a positive balance of positive and negative feelings. More specifically, this study examines the relationship between authenticity and wellbeing amongst religious workers. Survey responses from 142 religious workers in Spain were analyzed using partial least squares path modelling. The results reveal that subjective wellbeing at work is positively related to authenticity. In addition, this relationship is mediated by their level of work engagement.

Keywords

article; Catholic; faith-based organization; human; partial least squares regression; satisfaction; Spain; wellbeing; work engagement; worker