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100			_aVigoda-Gadot, Eran
245			_aEngage them to public service: Conceptualization and empirical examination of employee engagement in public administration
260			_c2013
300			_a518-538.
362			_aSep
520			_aThis article deals with the emerging concept of Employee Engagement (EE) and its meaning for public administration research and theory. Generically, EE reflects a positive, fulfilling, affective- motivational, work-related state of mind characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption. In an attempt to understand whether the concept of EE is meaningful for public administration research and theory, we examine its essence and foundation using a comparative method. First, we compare EE with two well-established employee-organization relationship (EOR) concepts: Affective Commitment (AC) and Job Involvement (JI). Second, we compare EE in public versus private sector employees, and finally, we compare the conceptin employees and managers in the public sector. Our study is based on an interactive sample of 593 employees and managers from both the private and public sectors in Israel. The results support several hypotheses. First, EE is an empirically distinct construct compared with other EOR concepts. Second, EE is higher among public sector employees than private sector employees. Third, EE is higher among public managers than public employees. Implications of our findings and recommendations for future theoretical and empirical studies of EE are discussed. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic administration
700			_aSchohat, Lior
700			_aEldor, Liat
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a100936
999			_c100935 _d100935