Date of Award
Fall 12-1-2021
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School
Leadership
Committee Chair
Heather Annulis
Committee Chair School
Leadership
Committee Member 2
H. Quincy Brown
Committee Member 2 School
Leadership
Committee Member 3
John J. Kmiec
Committee Member 3 School
Leadership
Committee Member 4
Dale L. Lunsford
Committee Member 4 School
Leadership
Abstract
Employee engagement is how employees think, feel, and form intentions to decide behavioral actions. A review of related literature indicated a central tension between employees and the work environment requires psychologically adapting and adjusting to cope with their perceptions of internal and external conditions. The employee’s goal is to stay as close to their authentic self as possible within the organizational environment to maintain their well-being. The psychological process comprises a temporal dimension represented as time perspective in this study. The purpose of this research is to determine if a relationship exists between employee engagement and time perspective.
This nonexperimental, cross-sectional, correlational study examined the relationship between employee engagement and time perspective. Eligible participants completed two internet-based surveys administered through Amazon Mechanical Turk. Participant eligibility criteria included employees who were 18 years or older and worked in the United States thirty-five hours or more per week and had been in their current position one year or more. The statistical analysis consisted of correlational and multiple regression analysis procedures to address the research objectives.
The findings indicate that past-positive, present-hedonistic, and future time perspective variables were significantly related to employee engagement, while past-negative and present-fatalistic were not. An increase in the past-negative orientation indicated decreased employee engagement, and present-fatalistic had no relationship with employee engagement. The multiple regression analysis showed the predictor variables of past-positive, present-hedonistic, and future predicted 34% of the variance in employee engagement.
Exploring the psychological processes of forming an individual’s mental experiences offers organizations knowledge to pursue a holistic approach in developing employee engagement, thus complementing the current employee engagement research strategies.
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ORCID ID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1783-6747
Recommended Citation
Valestro, Donna, "EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND THE ROLE OF TIME PERSPECTIVE" (2021). Dissertations. 1957.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/1957