Designing and Testing a Model of Antecedents of Work Engagement

The purpose of this study is designing and testing a model of antecedents of work engagement. Four variables introduced as antecedents include work motivation, job satisfaction, psychological empowerment and Moral climate. Participants were 226 employees of an organization who were selected via multistage random sampling and then completed the research instruments. Five questionnaires were chosen to gather data. Structural Equation Modeling analysis supported model fitting with data. As t he result of analysis of this study indicates, these variables were found to have statistically significant correlations to job engagement and have the casual relationships too.