The Mediating Effect of Work Engagement
Given that tourism involvement is expected to promote work engagement and work engagement is expected to predict job satisfaction, it is logical to anticipate that work engagement can mediate the relationship between tourism involvement and job satisfaction. Indeed, this accords with a number of management and tourism studies in which work engagement mediates the relationship between antecedent and consequent variables (Leung et al., 2011; Maslach, Schaufelli, & Leiter, 2001; Rich, Lepine, & Crawford 2010; Saks, 2006; Salanova et al., 2005; Schaufeli & Bakker, 2004; Sonnentag, 2003).
Therefore, H4 is as follows.
H4: Work engagement mediates the relationship between tourism involvement and job satisfaction.