Employees’ workplace well-being and work engagement of divine word colleges’ employees in Ilocos region, Philippines

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the correlation between workplace well-being and work engagement of Divine Word Colleges’ employees in the Ilocos Region. In order to support the study, theories were presented and related literature and studies were reviewed. The study used a descriptive correlational research design. The respondents of the study were all employees of the Colleges. In carrying out the study, validated questionnaires were used and in tabulating and interpreting the data, weighted mean and Pearson r were used. The study found that there is a correlation between workplace well-being and work engagement of employees of Divine Word Colleges in Region I, Philippines

Keywords: {'name': 'Workplace well-being'}, {'name': 'work engagement'}, {'name': 'relatedness needs'}, {'name': 'competence needs'}, {'name': 'autonomy needs'}, {'name': 'work satisfaction'}

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Damianus Abun
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Theogenia Magallanes
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Grace Sylvia Lalaine Foronda
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Mary Joy Encarnacion
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