An assessment of the overlap between morale and work engagement in a nonoperational military sample

The degree of overlap between two positive motivational constructs-morale and work engagement-was assessed in a random sample of Canadian Armed Forces personnel stationed across Canada (N = 1,224). Based on self-determination theory and past research, job-specific self-efficacy, trust in teammates, and job significance were expected to be associated with morale and work engagement. Structural equation modeling analyses revealed that morale and work engagement were highly positively correlated, but had different patterns of association with predictor and outcome variables. Although trust in teammates and job significance predicted both morale and work engagement, job-specific self-efficacy predicted morale but not work engagement. Willingness to deploy on operations, turnover intentions, and psychological distress were predicted by both morale and work engagement, but morale was a better predictor of psychological distress and work engagement was a stronger predictor of turnover intentions. Together, the results suggest that, despite their overlap, morale and work engagement, as defined and measured herein, are not interchangeable

Comportamento fisiológico de goiabeira serrana quando multiplicada por mergulhia de cepa Physiological behavior of feijoa multiplied by stool layring

Com o objetivo de estudar alguns fatores fisiológicos envolvidos na formação e desenvolvimento de raízes em mudas de goiabeira serrana (Feijoa sellowiana Berg), multiplicadas por mergulhia de cepa, foi realizado um experimento em Pelotas-RS, com mudas decepadas em julho de 91 e sobre as quais foi realizada amontoa em outubro de 91. A avaliação foi feita em agosto de 92, sendo observadas as variáveis: teor de clorofila total, área foliar, numero e diâmetro de brotações, número e percentagem de brotações enraizadas e peso da matéria seca das raízes. As variáveis teor de clorofila, área foliar e diâmetro médio das brotações não apresentaram influência sobre a matéria seca das raízes. O incremento no número de brotações causou um aumento no número de brotações enraizadas, entretanto, não apresentou influência na percentagem de brotações enraizadas. O aumento no número de brotações por cepa ocasionou um decréscimo em seu diâmetro médio. É demonstrado que é possível multiplicar plantas de goiabeira serrana através de mergulhia de cepa.<br>The aim of this research was to study some physiological factors involved in root growth and development in sprouts of feijoa Feijoa settowiana Berg., multiplied by stool layring. The experiment was conducted in Pelotas,RS, Brazil, using sprouts cut in July 91, which were covered with soil in October 91. In August 92 the following variables were evaluated: total chlorophyll content, leaf area, stool number and diameter, number and percentage of rooted stools and root dry-matter weight. The variables chlorophyll content, leaf area and stool average diameter, did not show influence on root dry matter. The increase in number of stools caused an increase in the number but not in the percentage of rooted stools. The increase in stool number per plant caused a decrease in stool average diameter. It is demonstrated that it is possible to multiply feijoa plants through stool layring