Informal learning, work engagement and their effects on work-family enrichment
International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management
ISSN: 1741-0401
Article publication date: 9 April 2021
Issue publication date: 16 August 2022
Abstract
Purpose
Drawing from work-family enrichment (WFE) model and path-goal theory of motivation, this paper proposes and tests work engagement (WE) as a mediator between informal learning and WFE.
Design/methodology/approach
Questionnaires measuring informal learning, WE and WFE were filled out by 290 hotel employees in India. The abovementioned linkages were tested via structural equation modeling.
Findings
The findings suggest that hotel employees' informal learning fosters their WE and WFE. The findings also reveal that WE partly mediates the impact of informal learning on WFE.
Originality/value
Most of employees' learning efforts in the workplace emerge from informal learning. However, there is still limited information whether employees' informal learning activates their WE, which is a timely and significant topic. Importantly, there is a paucity of evidence appertaining to the effect of informal learning on WFE, which is underrepresented in the current literature. Evidence about the mechanism linking informal learning to WFE is also sparse.
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Citation
Rastogi, M. and Karatepe, O.M. (2022), "Informal learning, work engagement and their effects on work-family enrichment", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 71 No. 7, pp. 2820-2840. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-03-2020-0087
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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