Review the article “Job Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, and Job Affect: A Century of Continuity and Change.” Consider whether work engagement could be something other than a job attitude.

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All organizations seek employees who are enthusiastic and energetic as well as intelligent and focused. Employees who are highly engaged with their work are found to be more productive and are less likely to exhibit withdrawal behaviors such as absenteeism, burnout, and turnover. The term engagement can describe psychological states and behaviors, which together can be challenging to define and measure. Work engagement may be a unique concept or simply other constructs recombined, with both attitudinal and behavioral components, but it is considered to be an asset for organizations that can foster engaged employees and reap the benefits.

In this Discussion, you will differentiate work engagement from job involvement and determine whether it is a job attitude. You will also explore whether engagement is the opposite of burnout and what that means.

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Read the article “Burnout and Work Engagement: The JD–R approach.” Consider the antecedents to both burnout and work engagement and whether they are opposing aspects or if they are just related.
  • Review the article “Attitudes: Satisfaction, Commitment and Involvement.” Identify how the article defines work engagement and differentiates it from job involvement and organizational commitment.
  • Read the article “A Process Model of Employee Engagement: The Learning Climate and Its Relationship With Extra-Role Performance Behaviors.” Consider whether work engagement is a job attitude or a consequence of job attitudes. Also consider whether it can be differentiated from job involvement and organizational commitment.
  • Read the article “‘Same Same’ but Different? Can Work Engagement Be Discriminated From Job Involvement and Organizational Commitment?” Consider the differentiation of work engagement from job involvement and organizational commitment. Also consider whether burnout and work engagement are opposites or much more.
  • · Read the article “Enhancing Work Engagement: The Roles of Psychological Capital, Authentic Leadership, and Work Empowerment.” Think about the definitions and the predictors of work engagement.
  • Review the article “Job Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, and Job Affect: A Century of Continuity and Change.” Consider whether work engagement could be something other than a job attitude.
  • Read the article “Timeline of Engagement Research and Future Research Directions.” Compare work engagement to burnout.
  • Read the article “Innovative Tools and Techniques to Ensure Effective Employee Engagement.” Consider the definitions presented for work engagement.

 

By Day 3

Post a response to the following:  

Provide an explanation of whether work engagement is a job attitude or a consequence of job attitudes and why. Then explain whether work engagement is the same as or different from job involvement and why. Finally, explain whether work engagement is the opposite of job burnout or something distinct from job burnout and why.

How are APA Ethical Standards 1.08, 3.04, 3.05, 3.09, 7.04, 7.05, and 7.06 and the Hot Topics “Ethical Supervision of Trainees in Professional Psychology Programs” (Chapter 10) and “Multicultural Ethical Competence” (Chapter 5) relevant to this case? Which other standards might apply?

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Read Case 7: Handling Disparate Information for Evaluating Trainees on pages 440-441 in your textbook. Thoroughly answer each of the questions below regarding Case 7: Handling Disparate Information for Evaluating Trainees in a total of 500-750 words. Use one to two scholarly resources to support your answers. Use in-text citations when appropriate, according to APA formatting.

1. Why is this an ethical dilemma? Which APA Ethical Principles help frame the nature of the dilemma?

2. How are APA Ethical Standards 1.08, 3.04, 3.05, 3.09, 7.04, 7.05, and 7.06 and the Hot Topics “Ethical Supervision of Trainees in Professional Psychology Programs” (Chapter 10) and “Multicultural Ethical Competence” (Chapter 5) relevant to this case? Which other standards might apply?

3. What are Dr. Vaji’s ethical alternatives for resolving this dilemma? Which alternative best reflects the Ethics Code aspirational principles and enforceable standards, legal standards, and obligations to stakeholders? Can you identify the ethical theory (discussed in Chapter 3) guiding your decision?

4. What steps should Dr. Vaji take to implement his decision and monitor its effect?

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success enter.

NOTE: Textbook from extract  Decoding the Ethics CodeA Practical Guide for Psychologists Fourth Edition Celia B. FisherCenter for Ethics Education, Fordham University Sage publication

Read the SPSS Data Analysis Report Guidelines for a more complete understanding of the DAA Template and how to format and organize your assignment.

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Correlations

See the Resources area for links to resources that you will use for this assignment:

  1. You will complete this assignment using the Data Analysis and Application (DAA) Template.
  2. Read the SPSS Data Analysis Report Guidelines for a more complete understanding of the DAA Template and how to format and organize your assignment.
  3. Refer to IBM SPSS Step-By-Step Guide: Correlations for additional information on using SPSS for this assignment.
  4. If necessary, review the Copy/Export Output Instructions to refresh your memory on how to perform these tasks. As with your previous two assignments, your submission should be in narrative format with supporting statistical output (table and graphs) integrated into the narrative in the appropriate places (not all at the end of the document).

You will analyze the following variables in the grades.sav data set:

  • gender
  • gpa
  • total
  • final

Step 1: Write Section 1 of the DAA.

  • Provide the context of the grades.sav data set.
  • Include a definition of the specified variables and corresponding scales of measurement.
  • Indicate the type of correlation for each X, Y pair (Pearson’s r, Spearman’s r, point-biserial r, et cetera).
  • Specify the sample size of the data set.

Step 2: Write Section 2 of the DAA.

  • Test the assumptions of correlation for gpa and final.
  • Paste the SPSS histogram output for each variable and discuss your visual interpretations.
  • Paste SPSS descriptives output showing skewness and kurtosis values and interpret them.
  • Paste SPSS scatter plot output with “gpa” set to the horizontal axis and “final” set to the vertical axis. Conduct a visual inspection of the scatter plot to analyze other assumptions of correlation.
  • Summarize whether or not the assumptions of correlation are met.

Step 3: Write Section 3 of the DAA.

  • Specify a research question related to gpa and final.
  • Articulate the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis.
  • Specify your alpha level.

Step 4: Write Section 4 of the DAA.

  • Paste the SPSS output of the intercorrelation matrix for all specified variables.
    • First, report the lowest magnitude correlation in the intercorrelation matrix, including degrees of freedom, correlation coefficient, p value, and effect size. Interpret the effect size. Specify whether or not to reject the null hypothesis for this correlation.
    • Second, report the highest magnitude correlation in the intercorrelation matrix, including degrees of freedom, correlation coefficient, p value, and effect size. Interpret the effect size. Specify whether or not to reject the null hypothesis for this correlation.
    • Third, report the correlation between gpa and final, including degrees of freedom, correlation coefficient, p value, and effect size. Interpret the effect size. Analyze the correlation in terms of the null hypothesis.

Step 5: Write Section 5 of the DAA.

  • Discuss the implications of this correlation as it relates to the research question.
  • Conclude with an analysis of the strengths and limitations of correlational analysis.

Submit your DAA Template as an attached Word document in the assignment area.

Note: Your instructor may also use the Writing Feedback Tool to provide feedback on your writing. In the tool, click the linked resources for helpful writing information.

Resources

  • Correlations Scoring Guide.
  • SPSS Data Analysis Report Guidelines.
  • APA Style and Format.
  • Writing Feedback Tool.
  • DAA Template [DOCX].
  • Copy/Export Output Instructions.
  • IBM SPSS Step-by-Step Guide: Correlations [DOC].

Describe the criminal behavior in detail, including any research you have found on the origins or development of this behavior (in approximately 1 page).

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The goal of this course is to create a prevention plan for a specific criminal behavior. Throughout the course, you will complete interrelated assignments in each module that build toward the LASA assignment, a prevention plan.

The first step toward this end is to identify a specific criminal behavior for which you will develop a prevention program. The first chapter of the textbook describes a variety of criminal behavior problems, such as status crimes, juvenile offenders, and drug abuse.

Once you select the criminal behavior, you should do a preliminary literature search to ensure that you will have ready access to scholarly resources.

Create a 2- to 3-page paper describing your selected criminal behavior. You must consider the following when creating your paper:

  • Describe the criminal behavior in detail, including any research you have found on the origins or development of this behavior (in approximately 1 page).
  • Discuss the specific target area you want to address in the problem (in approximately 1 paragraph).
  • Describe the specific group you want to focus on from among those affected by the criminal problem, i.e., juveniles, women, etc.
  • Describe the possible prevention and intervention ideas (in approximately 1 page).
  • Discuss research support for the effectiveness of your proposed prevention or intervention ideas (in approximately 2–3 paragraphs).

For example, suppose you pick juvenile sex offenders and want to develop a prevention program for adolescent sex offenders. Specifically, you want to target risk factors associated with that population.

Support your assumptions by citing reputable source material used for this assignment in APA format.