A Corporate Purpose as an Antecedent to Employee Motivation and Work Engagement.

ABSTRACT: It is generally assumed that a corporate purpose aiming to benefit all stakeholders has a positive effect on employee motivation and engagement, but no empirical studies into these specific effects were found. To examine this assumption, a corporate mission and vision matching the definition of a higher purpose were tested in two subsequent studies. The first study (N = 270) was a cross-sectional self-report study. The second study included a longitudinal design (N = 56) modeling purpose, motivation, and engagement in a cross-lagged panel model over three time-points. The results associated purpose with motivation and engagement. The subsequent longitudinal analysis confirmed the presumed directionality from purpose to engagement, but not to motivation. Hence, while a corpora

SUBMITTER: van Tuin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7537473 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature