We follow Kahn’s (1990) conceptualization of employee
engagement (Christian et al. 2011; Rich et al. 2010).
Employee engagement refers to ‘‘the simultaneous
employment and expression of a person’s ‘preferred self’ in
task behaviors that promote connections to work and to
others, personal presence (physical, cognitive, and emotional),
and active, full performances,’’ (Kahn 1990,
p. 700). Engaged employees fully harness their selves in
their work performance with a strong personal energy flow
to their physical, cognitive, and emotional labors (Kahn
1990; Rich et al. 2010). T