This book provides the most thorough view available on this new and intriguing dimension of workplace psychology, which is the basis of fulfilling, productive work. The book begins by defining work engagement, which has been described as 'an opposite to burnout,' following its development into a...

1. Work engagement : introduction / Michael Leiter and Arnold B. Bakker -- 2. Defining and measuring work engagement : bringing clarity to the concept / Wilmar B Schaufeli and Arnold B. Bakker -- 3. Not all days are created equal : the concept of state work engagement / Sabine Sonnentag,...

1. The contemporary context of job burnout -- 2. Burnout and health -- 3. Individual strategies to prevent burnout -- 4. The good and bad of working relationships : implications for burnout -- 5. Daily burnout experiences : critical events and measurement challenges -- 6. The influence of...