The aim of this study was to analyze the role of similarity in the
convergence within a shared-state of team work engagement based
on emotional contagion theory. Similarity among the team members
in terms of gender and company tenure was expected to be positively
related to convergence in team work engagement within teams.
Results provided support in the case of gender, so that the greater
the similarity in gender within work teams is, the greater the
convergence between the team members in team work engagement
will be. Results were significant, although in the opposite direction,
for the case of company tenure. The novelty of the current study lies
in the similarity perspective taken to explore the positive contagion
of work engagement within a heterogeneous sample of work teams,
which has implications for theory development and human resources
management.