HUBUNGAN ANTARA OPTIMISME DENGAN WORK ENGAGEMENT PADA KARYAWAN PARKSON DEPARTMENT STORE

In the current era of globalization, economic growth on a domestic and global scale has developed very rapidly so that companies has to compete to face the global economic growth. Employee are important assets of the frontline who run the company. Companies need employees highly performance, process-oriented, involved in leadership, and able to gain knowledge that adds value to the company. The study aims to find out the relationship between workplace optimisme and work engagement on Parkson Department Store employees. The subject of this study amounted to 30 people who have the minimum characteristics of the working period of more than 3 months. How to capture a subject using purposive sampling. The retrieval of this research data uses Optimisme scale and Work Engagement scale. The data analysis technique used was the correlation of the moment product from Karl Pearson. Based on the data analysis results obtained the correlation coefficient (rxy) = 0.788 with P = 0.000 (P < 0.05). The results indicated that there was a significant positive relationship between optimisme and work engagement.