AUTHOR=Yao Jin , Qiu Xiangbin , Yang Liping , Han Xiaoxia , Li Yiying TITLE=The Relationship Between Work Engagement and Job Performance: Psychological Capital as a Moderating Factor JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=13 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.729131 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.729131 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=

Based on the job demands-resources model, this study explored the relationships of work engagement, job performance and psychological capital in industry employees. A total of 399 IT programmers were recruited and completed the work engagement scale, knowledge employee job performance scale and psychological capital questionnaire. The results showed that: (1) There is a relationship between work engagement and job performance, which may not be linear but inverted U-shaped, and (2) psychological capital plays a moderating role in the inverted U-shaped relationship between work engagement and job performance.