THE EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONS OF PERSONAL RESOURCES, TASK SIGNIFICANCE, TRUST IN SUPERVISOR AND PERSON-JOB FIT WITH PERCEIVED WORK ENGAGEMENT: A RESEARCH STUDY IN A SAMPLE OF EMPLOYEES WORKING IN LOCAL AND MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Abstract

This study aims to examine the role of self-efficacy, resilience, task significance, person-job fit and trust in supervisor on work engagement. The research question is what variables have positive relationship with work engagement. In order to reach accurate results for this research, the data is collected by applying questionnaires to employees about their personal and occupational perception as well as supervisor?s attitude and trustworthiness in addition to the employees? work engagement. In addition to these; demographic variables like gender, tenure, age, company experience, total work experience, working in a local or multinational company and education levels are also taken into consideration. The sample of the research consists of 265 employees who work in multinational companies and local firms from different sectors and continuing their master education in Marmara and Istanbul Universities. The analyses are conducted by using SPSS 20.0 program (The Statistical Package for Social Sciences). In this relationship, each of the independent variable mentioned above has positive significant relationship with each of the sub-dimensions of work engagement. The findings also suggest that all the independent variables except resilience when included in analysis together to conduct multiple regression appeared to have positive relationship with work engagement.