The Role of Psychological Capital Towards Work Engagement at Private University Lecturers in Bandung

Endah Andriani Pratiwi; Diana Harding; Marina Sulastiana; Efi Fitriana

doi:10.35445/alishlah.v16i2.4812

The Role of Psychological Capital Towards Work Engagement at Private University Lecturers in Bandung

Endah Andriani Pratiwi, Diana Harding, Marina Sulastiana, Efi Fitriana

Abstract

The objective of this study was to explore the role of psychological capital in work engagement among lecturers at private universities in Bandung. Utilizing a quantitative research methodology, the study involved 50 lecturers, comprising 36 men and 14 women. The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) and the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) were employed as instruments. Initially, the research involved an in-depth review of relevant literature. Following this, the scales were distributed to the participants, and the collected data were subjected to factor analysis. The analysis was conducted using SPSS 16 software, employing linear regression techniques. The findings indicate that psychological capital significantly influences work engagement, accounting for 46.1% of the variance. Specifically, the self-efficacy component contributes 24.8% to work engagement, the hope component contributes 34.0%, the optimism component contributes 40.5%, and the resilience component contributes 25.6%. These results suggest that psychological capital plays a crucial role in enhancing work engagement among lecturers at private universities in Bandung.

Keywords

Psychological capital,Work Engagement, Private University Lectures in Bandung

Full Text:

PDF

References

Anggreni, P. (2023). Lecturer Certification, Work Motivation and Its Correlation with Lecturer Performance. Scientific Journal of Teacher Professional Education , 6 (1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.23887/jippg.v6i1.58635

Chen, Q., Kong, Y., Niu, J., Gao , W., Li, J., & Li, M. (2019). How Leaders' Psychological Capital Influence Their Followers' Psychological Capital: Social Exchange or Emotional Contagion. Frontiers in Psychology , 10 . https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01578

Dudasova, L., Prochazka, J., Vaculik, M., & Lorenz, T. (2021). Measuring psychological capital: Revision of the Compound Psychological Capital Scale (CPC-12). PLOS ONE , 16 (3), e0247114. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247114

Fitri, Z. A., Prakoso, H. dan Putera, V. S. (2023) “Pengaruh Psychological Capital terhadap Work Engagement pada Dosen,” Bandung Conference Series: Psychology Science, 3(1), hal. 218–226. doi: 10.29313/bcsps.v3i1.5205.

Görgens-Ekermans, G., & Herbert, M. (2013). Psychological capital: Internal and external validity of the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-24) on a South African sample. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology , 39 (2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v39i2.1131

Hariyadi, MH (2019). The effect of psychological capital on work engagement on employees. Cognicia , 7 (3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.22219/cognicia.v7i3.9200

Knight, C., Patterson, M., & Dawson, J. (2017). Building work engagement: A systematic review and meta-analysis investigating the effectiveness of work engagement interventions. Journal of Organizational Behavior , 38 (6), 792–812. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2167

Knight, C., Patterson, M., Dawson, J., & Brown, J. (2017). Building and sustaining work engagement – a participatory action intervention to increase work engagement in nursing staff. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology , 26 (5), 634–649. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2017.1336999

Konermann, J. (2012). Teachers' work engagement: A deeper understanding of the role of the job and personal resources in the relationship to work engagement, its antecedents, and its outcomes . https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036533027

Leiter, ABB, Michael P. (Ed.). (2010). Work Engagement: A Handbook of Essential Theory and Research . Psychology Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203853047

Lusiyani, A., & Helmy, I. (2020). The Effect of Psychological Capital on Employee Performance with Organizational Commitment as an Intervening Variable. Scientific Journal of Management, Business and Accounting Students (JIMMBA) , 2 (2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.32639/jimmba.v2i2.458

Luthans, F., Youssef, CM, & Avolio, BJ (2006). Introduction to Psychological Capital. In F. Luthans, CM Youssef, & BJ Avolio (Ed.), Psychological Capital: Developing the Human Competitive Edge (p. 0). Oxford UniversityPress. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195187526.003.0001

Nafila, N., Budianto, AA, & Rahmawati, RKN (2021). The influence of the community at MTs Mambaul Ulum Bata-Bata Class VIII on the personality of the students. Orien: Student Scientific Horizons , 1 (2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.30998/ocim.v1i2.5921

Nur Rizqi, A. (2019). THE EFFECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL AND JOB ENJOYMENT ON JOB HOPPING INTENTION IN EMPLOYEES GENERATION Y [Thesis, Airlangga University]. http://lib.unair.ac.id

Petrović, IB, Vukelić, M., & Čizmić, S. (2017). Work Engagement in Serbia: Psychometric Properties of the Serbian Version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). Frontiers in Psychology , 8 . https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01799

Salanova, M. (2021). Work engagement: A key to HERO's – healthy and resilient organizations. In A Research Agenda for Employee Engagement in a Changing World of Work (pp. 53–65). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://china.elgaronline.com/display/edcoll/9781789907841/9781789907841.00011.xml

Shan, H., Ishak, Z., & Fan, L. (2022). The Higher the Life Satisfaction, the Better the Psychological Capital? Life Satisfaction and Psychological Capital: A Moderated Mediation Model. Frontiers in Psychology , 12 . https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.772129

Suharianto, & Effendy, N. (2015). The Influence of Psychological Capital on Work Engagement in Lecturers at Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya. EXPERIENTIA : Indonesian Journal of Psychology , 3 (2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.33508/exp.v3i2.905

Tamer, İ., Dereli, B., & Sağlam, M. (2014). Unorthodox Forms of Capital in Organizations: Positive Psychological Capital, Intellectual Capital and Social Capital. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences , 152 , 963–972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.09.351

Wardani, L. M. I. et al. (2019) “the Effect of Psychological Capital on Work Engagement With Job Crafting As a Mediator Variable Among Generation Y Employees,” Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 91(7), hal. 324–331. doi: 10.18551/rjoas.2019-07.38.

Wardhani, BK, Qurniawati, RS, & Putra, YS (2020). EFFORTS TO INCREASE GENERAZI Z ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT THROUGH PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOUR (Case Study on Generation Z Employees in Salatiga City). Magisma: Scientific Journal of Economics and Business , 8 (1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.35829/magisma.v8i1.127

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35445/alishlah.v16i2.4812