title: The fabric of engagement: the engagement and personality of managers and professionals in human and developmental disability services.
abstract: Employee engagement is a complex and dynamic process that reflects each individual's unique, personal relationship with work. Engaged employees have a clear and defining connection to the organization's mission and purpose, and employee engagement is reflected in behaviors that meet or exceed expectations of service in the workplace. The purpose of this study was to explore relationships between personality and engagement among professionals and managers providing services to people with developmental disabilities. In particular, the authors investigated relationships between the 5-factor model of personality (FFM) and William Kahn's model of employee engagement encompassing physical, emotional, and cognitive components.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work, Lourdes College, Sylvania, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Joyce P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Litten
authors.forename: Amy G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Vaughan
authors.forename: Cristina De-Mello-E-Souza
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Wildermuth
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D002658:Developmental Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D016014:Linear Models; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010556:Personality Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013223:Statistics as Topic