Mental Resilience and Employee Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Work Engagement

Jacek Śliwak; Aleksandra A. Bednarczyk; Daria Ziarkiewicz-Powolny

doi:10.18290/pepsi-2024-0004

Published : 2025-04-17

Vol. 30 No. 1 (2024)

Mental Resilience and Employee Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Work Engagement

Jacek Śliwak

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7695-4113

Aleksandra A. Bednarczyk

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1929-323X

Daria Ziarkiewicz-Powolny

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4720-2921

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/pepsi-2024-0004

Abstract

The well-being of employees in terms of eudemonia has recently gained popularity among researchers. The aim of the study was to verify the relationship between employee well-being and mental resilience. The study was conducted on 109 soldiers from the corps of privates and non-commissioned officers. The subjects were men aged 27 to 57 years (mean age: M = 37.37, SD = 5.60), mainly soldiers of the Polish Air Force (89%). The study used the Workplace Well-being Questionnaire (EWWQ), the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9) and the Psychoimmunological Structure Scale (SSP), which examined resilience. The results showed that there is a statistically significant relationship between employee well-being and mental resilience. The obtained results are in agreement with previous scientific reports. Engagement as a mediator between correlation mental resilience (will and desire for a meaningful life, coping in difficult situations and proactive behaviour) and employee well-being.

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employee well-being, eudemonic well-being, mental resilience

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Śliwak, J., Bednarczyk, A. A., & Ziarkiewicz-Powolny, D. (2025). Mental Resilience and Employee Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Work Engagement. Journal for Perspectives of Economic Political and Social Integration, 30(1), 85–108. https://doi.org/10.18290/pepsi-2024-0004

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