摘要：Work engagement is an important concept in employee work behavior in organizations. This study aims to examine the direct positive effect of job characteristics and leader-member exchange (LMX) on work engagement and examine the role of LMX as a moderating variable on the influence of job characteristics on work engagement. A total of 395 samples were employees at PT Elangperdana Tire Industry. The model in this study was analyzed by SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) method. The results showed that job characteristics and LMX directly and positively affected the work engagement. In addition, LMX showed a role as a moderating variable that influenced of job characteristics on work engagement. In other words, the better relationship of LMX increased the influence of job characteristics on work engagement.
关键词：job characteristics; leader member exchange; LMX ; work engagement; SEM
