Is fueling work engagement worth the effort?
Let’s rephrase: Does work engagement correlate with job performance?
Quite a bit, research points out!
A recent meta-analysis finds a correlation of 0.37 between work engagement and job performance.
The insightful thing about a meta-analysis is that it's not just one study that could be a one-off or less relevant for your work context. A meta-analysis combines several independent studies to analyze robust trends across time and context. In this research, 174 unique studies were combined.
Many factors, including leadership, job design, and culture, can fuel work engagement.
So, if you focus on increasing work engagement, you create a solid lever to elevate performance.
Source:
Source: Corbeanu, A., & Iliescu, D. (2023). The Link Between Work Engagement and Job Performance. Journal of Personnel Psychology.