Walking the tightrope of job demands and resources: Leveraging work engagement to counter turnover intentions of information technology professionals

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2022

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Frontiers Media

Abstract

Organisations within the banking industry are increasingly confronted with attraction and retention challenges within their Information Technology (IT) divisions, driven by an increase in demand for skilled resources within the market. Therefore, the primary objective of the study was to explore the impact of job resources and job demands on work engagement and employee turnover intentions within the IT division of a South African bank. The Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model was applied as theoretical framework to identify the unique job resources and job demands driving work engagement and turnover intentions of employees within this highly specialised section of the South African banking industry. Quantitative data was collected from 239 IT professionals via a self-administered, web-based survey measuring work engagement, job demands and resources, and turnover intentions.

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Job demands, Job resources, Banking industry, South Africa, Information technology professionals

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Van Heerden, J. et al. (2022). Walking the tightrope of job demands and resources: Leveraging work engagement to counter turnover intentions of information technology professionals. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 660308. 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.660308