Survey data on the social, personal, and work resources associated with work engagement among knowledge workers in Malaysia amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Adedapo Oluwaseyi Ojo; Olawole Fawehinmi; Mohd Yusoff Yusliza

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2021.107690

Survey data on the social, personal, and work resources associated with work engagement among knowledge workers in Malaysia amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Data Brief. 2022 Feb:40:107690. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107690. Epub 2021 Dec 8.

Authors

Adedapo Oluwaseyi Ojo¹, Olawole Fawehinmi², Mohd Yusoff Yusliza²

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Management, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya 63100, Malaysia.
² Faculty of Business, Economics, and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus 21030, Malaysia.

Abstract

A regression analysis was conducted to assess the link between resilience, supervisor support, family and friend support, psychological empowerment, and facilitating conditions with work engagement using the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) 26. This data was obtained from a cross-sectional survey of 259 knowledge workers in Malaysia. Specifically, this article provides data about the participants' demographic characteristics and the descriptive data of participants' responses. Further, the mean, standard deviation, reliability of the measured constructs, and regression analysis model summary are provided. This dataset offers suggestions to the top management in deducing ways to increase employees' work engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; Facilitating conditions; Family and friend support; Psychological empowerment; Resilience; Supervisor support; Work engagement.