Perceived organizational support for the use of employees’ strengths and employee well‑being: A cross‑country comparison

M.C. Meyers; B.G. Adams; Lusanda Sekaja; Carmen Buzea; Ana-Maria Cazan; Mihaela Gotea; Delia Stefenel; M. van Woerkom

doi:10.1007/s10902-018-0026-8

Perceived organizational support for the use of employees’ strengths and employee well‑being: A cross‑country comparison

M.C. Meyers^*, B.G. Adams, Lusanda Sekaja, Carmen Buzea, Ana-Maria Cazan, Mihaela Gotea, Delia Stefenel, M. van Woerkom

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Abstract

Prior research in Western contexts has pointed to the benefits of supporting employees in the use of their personal strengths at work. This manuscript aims to investigate the invariance of the relationship between employees’ perceived organizational support for the use of their strengths and their well-being (work engagement, burnout, and satisfaction with life) across countries. To this end, we collected a cross-sectional sample of n = 1894 working individuals from five different countries (Germany, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Romania, and South Africa). The results of multigroup path analysis indicated that the relationships
between support for the use of their strengths at work and the three indicators of well-being did not differ across the five countries. Perceived support for the use of strengths displayed a significant positive relationship with work engagement and satisfaction with life and a significant negative relationship with burnout. Consequently, our findings provide initial evidence for the universal benefits of focusing on individual strengths at work.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1825-1841
Journal	Journal of Happiness Studies
Volume	20
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-018-0026-8
Publication status	Published - 2019

Keywords

CULTURAL-VALUES
Cross-country comparison
DIMENSIONS
Employee well-being
Employees
FIT INDEXES
INTERVENTION
Individual strengths
JOB
MODERATORS
SATISFACTION
SIGNATURE STRENGTHS
Use of strengths
VALIDATION
WORK ENGAGEMENT

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