Abstract
M.Phil.
This study investigated the possibility of moderation, confounding and direct effects of conscientiousness on the relationships between job characteristics and work engagement. The job demands-control-support model was used to operationalise the job characteristics. The interaction effects of this model were also investigated. The objectives of this study were pursued by means of moderated hierarchical multiple regression analysis. The results showed that control moderated the effects of demands on work engagement. The study also found that support moderated the effects of control on work engagement. The results provided evidence for a three-way interaction between demands, control and support. Conscientiousness was shown to influence work engagement directly but no significant evidence was found for the confounding and moderating effects of conscientiousness on the relationship between job characteristics and work engagement