Mediating role of Thriving at Work for the relationship of Core Self Evaluation with Employee Job Engagement

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of Core-Self Evaluation on Employee Job Engagement by examining the Mediating role of Thriving at Work. A questionnaire survey was utilized to collect the data from 165 employees working in the banks of Lahore.  Tests like Reliability, Correlation, and multiple linear regressions were used in the analysis. Mediation was tested by utilizing the Baron and Kenny method. Results revealed that Core-Self Evaluation has a positive impact on Employee Job Engagement and Core Self Evaluation is a positive insignificant impact on Thriving at Work. Moreover, Thriving at Work has a positive impact on employee job engagement. Additionally, Employee Job Engagement also partially mediates the relationship between Core Self Evaluation and Employee Job Engagement. In general, future research on the prproposedesearch will be carried out on the employees of other types of industries like the textile sector, hospitality industry a,nd health sector also. Because Thriving at Work only partially mediates the relation between Core Self Evaluation with Employee Job Engagement and it is preferable to incorporate additional potential mediators like psychological climate, job insecurity through career adaptability.