Relation of virtues to work engagement and subjective well-being in employees / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the relationship of virtues and subjective well-being,and examine the mediating effect of work engagement on the relationship between virtues and subjective well-being in employees.Methods:Totally 423 employees aged 20 to 56 years were selected from Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces.The Chinese Virtues Questionnaire (CVQ,including virtues of relationships,vitality and conscientiousness),Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) and Index of Well-being (IWB) were used to assess the employees' virtues,work engagement and subjective well-being,and the mediating effect was analyzed by using Bootstrap method.Results:The CVQ scores were positively correlated with the scores of IWB and UWES (r =0.32-0.48,Ps ＜0.01),and the UWES score was positively correlated with the IWB score (r =0.54,P ＜0.01).Bootstrap test showed that the work engagement had mediating effects on the relationships between virtue of vitality and IWB (the mediating effect was 0.12,95％ CI0.07-0.18,P ＜ 0.001),and the work engagement also had mediating effects on the relationships between virtue of relationship and subjective well-being (the mediating effect was 0.10,95％ CI0.04-0.15,P ＜ 0.001).Conclusion:It suggests that virtues and subjective well-being are closely related,and work engagement may have mediating effects on the relationships between virtues and subjective well-being in employees.