Work Engagement and Work Meaning among Accountancy, Business, and Management (ABM) Faculty

Finding meaning in what employees do has long been one of life’s great existential dilemmas. In fact, some people have spent their entire lives attempting to determine what their work’s purpose is. Due to the different, and in some cases growing, needs of employees, to maintain their interest in and enjoyment of working, employers must consider approaches to improve productivity and performance at work. Employers must continue to preserve the interest among employees, to increase productivity and performance at work. Meaningful work has long been acknowledged as a crucial motivator for employee engagement. While engagement has been defined in a variety of ways, no single definition of work meaning has been accepted by researchers. The question of meaning cannot be reduced to simply a new objective for companies that will benefit employees. This study aimed to investigate the relationships between the psychological meaningfulness of work and work engagement. A descriptive approach utilizing a cross- sectional survey design of the population of 115 ABM faculty in the first district of Batangas was employed. No significant differences were shown when work engagement was compared in terms of sex, civil status and educational attainment. In terms of age, a significant difference was observed for vigor and dedication while for years employed, a significant difference was revealed for all 3 domains. The results confirmed a moderate and positive relationship between psychological meaningfulness and work engagement.

Keywords – ABM, Work Engagement, Work Meaning