Dalowar Hossan
Ph.D. Candidate, School of Business and Economics
University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
Zuraina Dato’ Mansor
Associate Professor, School of Business and Economics
University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
Nor Siah Jaharuddin
Senior Lecturer, School of Business and Economics
University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
This study revisits the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory based on the Malaysian context with the attachment of workaholism as a personal demand. A total of 199 respondents’ data was collected by online self-administered questionnaire longitudinally (T1 and T2, with a six-month lag) and largely cross-sectionally (questionnaires for job crafting and self-undermining were attached in T2 only). Path-coefficient analysis through PLS-SEM was performed to test the hypotheses. The findings reveal that the JD-R theory is equally valid for Malaysian employees to increase their work engagement, as in the literature for Western cultures. Future studies can be conducted based on a multi-country and longitudinal basis.
JD-R theory, Job Demands, Personal Demands, Job Resources, Personal Resources, Work Engagement.