Resilience and Organizational Trust as Correlates of Work Engagement among Health Workers in Makurdi Metropolis

Abstract

Work engagement has received a great deal of attention among researchers in the recent years. It is often extolled as a key to organisational success and competitive advantage. Researchers in their various attempts have tried to link work engagement with different antecedents. In the same direction, the present study investigated resilience and organisational trust as correlates of work engagement among 202 health workers within the age range of 18-48 years in Makurdi metropolis of Benue State. Gender differences on work engagement were also examined. Data were collected using the Resilience Scale (RS), Organizational Trust Scale (OTS), and, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). Result of Pearson Product Moment Correlation revealed that resilience has a significant positive relationship with work engagement (p<.01) while Organizational trust did not significantly relate with Work Engagement (p>.05). The independent t-test also revealed no significant difference between male and female health workers in their work engagement (p>.05). The implications for management of health institutions were discussed and recommendations were made.

Keywords: Resilience, Organisational Trust, Work Engagement, Health Workers