Effectiveness of Positive Psychological Capital Program on Work Engagement of Employees of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) on Gender Diversity
Keywords:
psychological capital, work engagement, NGO employees, LGBT communitiesAbstract
This study aimed to develop and investigate the effectiveness of psychological capital on the work engagement of NGO employees. The sample included 40 NGO employees in Bangkok who work with LGBT people. The participants were equally divided into experimental and control groups. The research instruments included a psychological capital program and a work engagement questionnaire. The data were analyzed using MANOVA and repeated measures ANOVA. The results showed that, in both the post-intervention and the follow-up period, the NGO employees who underwent a positive psychological program developed higher work engagement in all three areas of vigor, dedication, and absorption than the samples in the control group at a statistically significant level of .05. In addition, the psychological capital program helped the NGO employees achieve improvement and persistence in their work engagement. The research results also show that the psychological capital program effectively keeps NGO employees more engaged in their jobs.
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