TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental health, work engagement, and meaningful work-role fit of industrial psychologists
T2 - a latent profile analysis
AU - van Zyl, Llewellyn Ellardus
AU - Rothmann, Sebastiaan
AU - Nieman, Carmine
PY - 2020/3/30
Y1 - 2020/3/30
N2 - The purpose of this study was to identify distinctive mental health profiles for industrial psychologists based on the Mental Health Continuum. Further, it aimed to determine how these profiles differ with respect to work-role fit, meaningfulness, and work engagement. It also aimed to investigate whether industrial psychologists within managerial- or specialist differ in respect of different types of mental health. An online cross-sectional survey design was employed to draw a census sample (n = 274) from all South African industrial psychologists. A biographical questionnaire, the Work-Role Fit Scale, the Psychological Meaningfulness Scale, the Work Engagement Scale, and the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form were administered. Descriptive statistics, correlations, latent profile analysis, MANOVAs, and ANOVAs were computed. Three mental health profiles for industrial psychologists were identified: languishing, moderately mentally healthy and flourishing. Significant differences between the three mental health profiles and experiences of meaningful work-role fit and work engagement were found, but not between experiences of managerial roles. The results shows that individuals with different mental health profiles, experience work and its related outcomes, differently. Therefore, in order to enhance meaningful work-role fit and work engagement of industrial psychologists, a one-size-fits-all model may not be appropriate.
AB - The purpose of this study was to identify distinctive mental health profiles for industrial psychologists based on the Mental Health Continuum. Further, it aimed to determine how these profiles differ with respect to work-role fit, meaningfulness, and work engagement. It also aimed to investigate whether industrial psychologists within managerial- or specialist differ in respect of different types of mental health. An online cross-sectional survey design was employed to draw a census sample (n = 274) from all South African industrial psychologists. A biographical questionnaire, the Work-Role Fit Scale, the Psychological Meaningfulness Scale, the Work Engagement Scale, and the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form were administered. Descriptive statistics, correlations, latent profile analysis, MANOVAs, and ANOVAs were computed. Three mental health profiles for industrial psychologists were identified: languishing, moderately mentally healthy and flourishing. Significant differences between the three mental health profiles and experiences of meaningful work-role fit and work engagement were found, but not between experiences of managerial roles. The results shows that individuals with different mental health profiles, experience work and its related outcomes, differently. Therefore, in order to enhance meaningful work-role fit and work engagement of industrial psychologists, a one-size-fits-all model may not be appropriate.
KW - Mental health
KW - meaningful work-role fit
KW - work engagement
KW - industrial psychologists
KW - managerial roles
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85083101397&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s12646-019-00544-9
DO - 10.1007/s12646-019-00544-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85083101397
SN - 0033-2968
VL - 65
SP - 199
EP - 213
JO - Psychological Studies
JF - Psychological Studies
IS - 2
ER -
