Work engagement y compromiso laboral: ¿Es la edad un factor diferenciador?

This article presents the comparative analysis by age of the three components of the Organizational Commitment according to Meyer and Allen’s (1997) model, plus the variable Work Engagement conceptualized by Schaufeli and Salanova (2009). This work was done on a sample of 17165 employees from Latin American organization from which 92% were Colombians. The sample covered the services (55%), industrial (27%), comercial, academic and health (18%) economic sectors. 78% of the sample didn’t have staff and 62% were of male gender. After analyzing the distribution of the data with Kolmogorov-Smirnov it was decided the use of non-parametric statistical tests for data analysis (Kruskal Wallis y U de Mann-Whitney). Significant differences were found in most of the established comparisons (p<0.05) showing evidence that to higher ages higher the strength of the bond, however, the effect was small. (d<0.2). It’s concluded that age is indeed a differentiating factor on the studied variables though its impact on them is low. Received: 21/09/2016 Accepted: 24/04/2017 How to reference this article: Fernández Poveda, L. F., & Guevara Bedoya, L. M. (2015). Work Engagement y Compromiso Laboral: ¿Es la edad un factor diferenciador? Revista Interamericana de Psicología Ocupacional, 34(2), 108-119. Doi: 10.21772/ripo.v34n2a04