@Article{IJMHP.2019.010742,
AUTHOR = {Ying Xu, Ping Guo, Wenxia Zhou},
TITLE = {When Does Future Work Self Predict Work Engagement: the Boundary Conditions of Person-Vocation Fit and Trust in Supervisor},
JOURNAL = {International Journal of Mental Health Promotion},
VOLUME = {21},
YEAR = {2019},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {31--44},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/IJMHP/v21n1/38512},
ISSN = {2049-8543},
ABSTRACT = {Work engagement is a crucial positive psychological construct related 
to mental health. However, current self-directed and boundaryless career trend 
brings unprecedented challenges for organizations to foster employee engagement 
using traditional means. From an integrative perspective of the engagement theory 
and the career boundaryless theory, we built a model to test the moderating effect 
of person-vocation fit and trust in supervisor on the relationship between future 
work self and work engagement. After conducting a two-wave study with a sample 
of 231 employees, we found that future work-self was positively related to work 
engagement; and both person-vocation fit and trust in supervisor independently 
moderated the relationship between future work self and work engagement. 
Furthermore, the three-way interacting effect of future work self, person-vocation 
fit and trust in supervisor on work engagement was significant, and when personvocation fit and trust in supervisor were both at high levels, future work self had a 
strongest positive impact on work engagement. These results provided guidance 
to engagement management at work from a career development perspective.},
DOI = {10.32604/IJMHP.2019.010742}
}