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Development and application of a new measure of employee engagement: the ISA engagement scale

Development and application of a new measure of employee engagement: the ISA engagement scale
Development and application of a new measure of employee engagement: the ISA engagement scale
We present a new measure for assessing employee engagement. We build on Kahn’s (1990) theory and develop a model of engagement that has three requirements: a work-role focus, activation and positive affect. This model was operationalized in a new measure: the Intellectual, Social, Affective Engagement Scale (ISA Engagement Scale) comprising three facets: intellectual, social and affective engagement. Data from two studies showed that the scale and its sub-scales have internal reliability. There were associations with task performance, OCB and turnover intentions. Implications are provided for academic enquiry into the engagement process, and for HRD practices that enhance the experience of work
intellectual engagement, social engagement, affective engagement, isa engagement scale
1367-8868
Soane, Emma
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Soane, Emma, Truss, Katie and Alfes, Kerstin et al. (2012) Development and application of a new measure of employee engagement: the ISA engagement scale. Human Resource Development International. (doi:10.1080/13678868.2012.726542).

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We present a new measure for assessing employee engagement. We build on Kahn’s (1990) theory and develop a model of engagement that has three requirements: a work-role focus, activation and positive affect. This model was operationalized in a new measure: the Intellectual, Social, Affective Engagement Scale (ISA Engagement Scale) comprising three facets: intellectual, social and affective engagement. Data from two studies showed that the scale and its sub-scales have internal reliability. There were associations with task performance, OCB and turnover intentions. Implications are provided for academic enquiry into the engagement process, and for HRD practices that enhance the experience of work

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Accepted/In Press date: 2012
e-pub ahead of print date: 27 September 2012
Keywords: intellectual engagement, social engagement, affective engagement, isa engagement scale
Organisations: Southampton Business School

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Local EPrints ID: 336295
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/336295
ISSN: 1367-8868
PURE UUID: a038b951-602f-40f8-b5f0-99be66bd68bf

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Date deposited: 22 Mar 2012 09:26
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 10:41

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Author: Emma Soane
Author: Katie Truss
Author: Kerstin Alfes
Author: Amanda Shantz
Author: Chris Rees
Author: Mark Gatenby

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