Abstract
We tested a work–study congruence model, in which student role congruence was related to student engagement and well-being via work–study conflict and facilitation. We found (251 working students; 70% female; mean age 24.68 years) greater congruence to be associated with better engagement and well-being, and conflict and facilitation to mediate partially between congruence and well-being, explaining 37.5% of the variance in engagement and 41.1% in well-being. The study demonstrates that the role congruence approach is useful to understand the experiences of working students and points to how interventions might assist students who struggle with multiple competing roles.
Résumé
Congruence des limites travail-études: relation avec le bien-être et l’engagement des étudiants. Nous avons testé un modèle de congruence travail-études, dans lequel la congruence des rôles des étudiants était liée à leur engagement et bien-être via le conflit travail-études et la facilitation. Nous avons trouvé (avec 251 étudiants qui travaillent; 70% de femmes; âge moyen 24,68 ans) qu’une plus grande congruence est associée à un niveau élevé d’engagement et de bien-être, et le conflit et la facilitation jouent un rôle médiateur partiel entre congruence et bien-être, expliquant 37,5% de la variance de l'engagement et 41,1% du bien-être. L'étude a démontré que l'approche de la congruence des rôles est utile pour comprendre les expériences des étudiants qui travaillent, et montre comment les interventions pourraient aider les étudiants aux prises avec des rôles multiples et opposés.
Zusammenfassung
Arbeits-Studium Grenzen Kongruenz: im Zusammenhang mit dem Wohlbefinden und Einsatz von Studenten. Wir testeten ein Arbeits-Studium Kongruenz Modell, bei dem die Rollenkongruenz der Studenten mit deren Einsatz und Wohlbefinden zusammenhing, via Arbeits-Studium Konflikt und Erleichterung. Wir fanden (mit 251 arbeitenden Studenten; 70% Frauen; Durchschnittsalter 24.68), dass eine grössere Kongruenz mit besserem Einsatz und Wohlbefinden zusammenhängt, und dass Konflikt und Erleichterung eine teilweise vermittelnde Rolle zwischen Kongruenz und Wohlbefinden spielen, was 37.5% der Einsatz-Varianz und 41.1% des Wohlbefindens erklärt. Die Studie beweist, dass der Rollen-Kongruenz Ansatz hilfreich ist, die Erfahrungen von arbeitenden Studenten zu verstehen, und führt auf wie Interventionen Studenten, die sich mit zahlreichen, im Wettbewerb stehenden Rollen abmühen, unterstützen können.
Resumen
Congruencia de los límites entre trabajo y estudio: Su relación con el compromiso y bienestar del estudiante. Pusimos a prueba un modelo de congruencia entre trabajo y estudio, en el que la congruencia del rol de los estudiantes estaba relacionada con el compromiso y el bienestar de los estudiantes a través del conflicto y la facilitación entre el trabajo y el estudio. Encontramos (con 251 estudiantes que trabajan; 70% mujeres; edad media 24.68 años) que una mayor congruencia está asociada con un mejor compromiso y bienestar, y el conflicto y la facilitación como mediadores parciales entre la congruencia y el bienestar, explicando el 37.5% de la varianza en el caso del compromiso y el 41.1% en bienestar. El estudio demostró que el enfoque de congruencia de roles es útil para comprender las experiencias de los estudiantes que trabajan y señala cómo las intervenciones podrían ayudar a los estudiantes que tienen que hacer frente a múltiples y competitivos roles.
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Chu, M.L., Conlon, E.G. & Creed, P.A. Work–study boundary congruence: its relationship with student well-being and engagement. Int J Educ Vocat Guidance 21, 81–99 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-020-09429-0
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