with this study. Her support, knowledge, wisdom and love are immeasurable and appreciated. Her daughter Megan has been a source of inspiration. Together they inspire me to do more and to be the best I can before God. To my sons Alex and Brayden, who kept me full of cheer during this journey, I send love and appreciation. To friends, family, work colleagues and fellow social scientists who have aided me in this journey, I give thanks. To my committee, thank you for the mentorship through this process. I appreciate all that you have done to make this dream become a reality. To Dr. Valentine I send appreciation for making statistics as easy as 2 + 2 (well, the hand written ANOVA formula is a bit more than that, but once you get the hang of it…). Thank you for introducing me to R. Thank you to Dr. Rose for giving me a deeper and better appreciation of constructs and the underlying construct measurement. This was critical to understanding issues discovered during this dissertation. To Dr. Gross, thank you for the encouraging words, especially at the beginning of my journey when I was feeling much like a fish out of water. Thank you for swimming along! Finally, thank you Dr. Shuck. He understood right away that I was talking about engagement. He saw my passion as a seed and watered it immensely. Thank you for all your support during this journey. I look forward to tackling engagement and inspiring employees and leaders to get the most out of their own engagement journeys.

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