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The mediating role of positive affectivity on testing the relationship of engagement to academic achievement: an empirical investigation of tourism students

ABSTRACT Undergraduate tourism and hospitality students participated in the current study to investigate the effect of student engagement and positive affectivity on academic achievement. Additionally, positive affectivity is treated as a mediating variable between engagement and achievement. The study sample was amassed at a university in Northern Cyprus. Results of the hierarchical regression analyses revealed that student engagement and positive affectivity had a significantly positive effect on academic achievement. The results also depicted a full mediation of positive affectivity between engagement and achievement. A variance inflation factor test did not reveal inflated results. In addition, Harmans’ single factor test revealed that the common method bias issue is well below the cut-off point. Limitations and implications are also discussed.