Is psychological capital the same in Singapore? An exploration of psychological capital and its relationship with engagement in an Asian context

This study investigated Psychological Capital (PsyCap) and engagement in an Asian context. Specifically, we analyzed how different combinations of efficacy, hope, resilience, optimism, defensive pessimism and kiasuism could predict engagement. The results indicated that the higher-order PsyCap core...

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Main Author:	Aw, Cherie Qiu Ying
Other Authors:	School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format:	Final Year Project
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45692
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-456922019-12-10T14:41:38Z Is psychological capital the same in Singapore? An exploration of psychological capital and its relationship with engagement in an Asian context Aw, Cherie Qiu Ying School of Humanities and Social Sciences Olwen Bedford Carrie Ann Schlauch DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology This study investigated Psychological Capital (PsyCap) and engagement in an Asian context. Specifically, we analyzed how different combinations of efficacy, hope, resilience, optimism, defensive pessimism and kiasuism could predict engagement. The results indicated that the higher-order PsyCap core factor predicted engagement. Further analyses revealed that defensive pessimism is a better predictor of engagement than optimism because defensive pessimism, efficacy, hope and resilience were better able to predict engagement than the composite PsyCap. The article concludes with limitations of our study, the need for future research and implications. Bachelor of Arts 2011-06-16T03:54:04Z 2011-06-16T03:54:04Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45692 en Nanyang Technological University 48 p. application/pdf
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description	This study investigated Psychological Capital (PsyCap) and engagement in an Asian context. Specifically, we analyzed how different combinations of efficacy, hope, resilience, optimism, defensive pessimism and kiasuism could predict engagement. The results indicated that the higher-order PsyCap core factor predicted engagement. Further analyses revealed that defensive pessimism is a better predictor of engagement than optimism because defensive pessimism, efficacy, hope and resilience were better able to predict engagement than the composite PsyCap. The article concludes with limitations of our study, the need for future research and implications.
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title	Is psychological capital the same in Singapore? An exploration of psychological capital and its relationship with engagement in an Asian context
title_short	Is psychological capital the same in Singapore? An exploration of psychological capital and its relationship with engagement in an Asian context
title_full	Is psychological capital the same in Singapore? An exploration of psychological capital and its relationship with engagement in an Asian context
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Is psychological capital the same in Singapore? An exploration of psychological capital and its relationship with engagement in an Asian context

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