Personal-resources training (engagement-targeted)
training · 4 wk · medium
Mechanism
Multi-session training intervention focused on increasing personal resources (self-efficacy, optimism, resilience, organization-based self-esteem) that JD-R theory positions as engagement antecedents. Participants build psychological capital through structured exercises, reflection, and skill practice; the theorized mechanism is that elevated personal resources convert into sustained vigor, dedication, and absorption at work. Knight, Patterson & Dawson (2017) classification family #1.
Targets these constructs
Fidelity notes
Effect sizes degrade substantially when delivered as single-session vs. multi-session programs. Knight 2017's qualitative synthesis flags dose-response: ≥ 4 sessions over ≥ 4 weeks needed for meaningful uplift. Online-only formats show smaller effects than blended (in-person + async) formats. Trainer expertise (clinical psychology vs. HR generalist) moderates effect size in the same direction.
Contraindications
Not appropriate as a standalone response to engagement decline driven by job-design failures (high demands, low autonomy, low feedback). Knight 2017 cautions that personal-resources building cannot compensate for missing job resources at the structural level; pairing with a job-crafting or job-redesign intervention is recommended where the antecedent diagnosis points to resource scarcity rather than personal-resource deficit.
Effect-size evidence
No EffectSize rows promoted to this intervention yet. Promotion happens via the curator's separate promote-effect-sizepipeline; an intervention's efficacy is just a constrained EffectSize search once the rows land.