Organisational career growth and work engagement: a moderated mediated model

Okon, SE, Dakare, O, Akaighe, GO and Adebiyi, SO ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0546-0060, 2025. Organisational career growth and work engagement: a moderated mediated model. Career Development International. ISSN 1362-0436

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Abstract

Purpose – Drawing from the Conservation of Resources Theory and Organisational Justice Theory, this study examined the direct and indirect (via career resilience) effects of organisational career growth on work engagement. We further examined the boundary condition of procedure justice in the relationship between organisational career growth, career resilience, and work engagement.

Design/methodology/approach – We employed time-lagged data collected in three waves from 431 employees working in the public health sector. Hierarchical regression analysis and Hayes Process Macro were used to test the study hypotheses.

Findings – The findings revealed that organisational career growth has a significant positive direct and indirect influence on work engagement in the presence of career resilience. Also, the boundary condition of procedural justice was significant for employees who perceived procedural justice to be high as opposed to low.

Practical implications – Organisational career growth has a positive influence on employee work engagement. Therefore, public health organisations need to prioritise employee career growth by creating an enabling environment that will help employees' career prospects and mitigate employees’ perception of low procedural justice.

Originality/value – The originality of this study is in empirically establishing career resilience as an underlying mechanism in the relationship between organisational career growth and work engagement while considering the interactive effect of procedural justice. Additionally, the originality of this paper is demonstrated by empirically establishing that a perceived high level of procedural justice helps healthcare employees improve their work engagement, thus deepening our understanding of work engagement amongst health professionals.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Career Development International
Creators:	Okon, S.E., Dakare, O., Akaighe, G.O. and Adebiyi, S.O.
Publisher:	Emerald
Date:	26 February 2025
ISSN:	1362-0436
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1108/cdi-05-2024-0228 DOI 2391074 Other
Rights:	© 2025, Emerald Publishing Limited. This AAM is provided for your own personal use only. It may not be used for resale, reprinting, systematic distribution, emailing, or for any other commercial purpose without the permission of the publisher.
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by:	Laura Borcherds
Date Added:	03 Mar 2025 11:34
Last Modified:	03 Mar 2025 11:34
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/53161

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