Mental Resilience and Employee Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Work Engagement

The well-being of employees in terms of eudemonia has recently gained popularity among researchers. The aim of the study was to verify the relationship between employee well-being and mental resilience. The study was conducted on 109 soldiers from the corps of privates and non-commissioned officers. The subjects were men aged 27 to 57 years (mean age: M = 37.37, SD = 5.60), mainly soldiers of the Polish Air Force (89%). The study used the Workplace Well-being Questionnaire (EWWQ), the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9) and the Psychoimmunological Structure Scale (SSP), which examined resilience. The results showed that there is a statistically significant relationship between employee well-being and mental resilience. The obtained results are in agreement with previous scientific reports. Engagement as a mediator between correlation mental resilience (will and desire for a meaningful life, coping in difficult situations and proactive behaviour) and employee well-being.