From: LiveScience

Unenthusiastic Employees in the Office

LiveScience:

How engaged are you at your job? The answer may not only affect your productivity and job satisfaction but may also be partly in your control, research has suggested.

People who approach their work with energy and dedication are more productive and more willing to go that extra mile, according to research published in the August 2011 issue of the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science. Study researcher Arnold Bakker, a psychologist at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands, found that both job resourches — such as social support, feedback, and opportunities for autonomy — along with an employee’s personal resources — such as self-esteem and optimism — are keys to worker engagement.

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