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Achieving job performance from empowerment through the mediation of employee engagement: an empirical study
Author(s) -
Nidhi Shridhar Natrajan,
Rinku Sanjeev,
Sanjeev Kumar Singh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
independent journal of management and production
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2236-269X
DOI - 10.14807/ijmp.v10i3.891
Subject(s) - employee engagement , mediation , business , empowerment , employee research , job performance , employee empowerment , productivity , organizational culture , job enrichment , sample (material) , public relations , hofstede's cultural dimensions theory , job satisfaction , job design , marketing , psychology , social psychology , sociology , political science , economics , chemistry , chromatography , law , macroeconomics , social science
In present scenario, business organization understood the importance of sophisticated employee behavior for the development of overall job performance.  It is important for an organization to perform effectively for that it enhances their employee’s job performance. Many study supports that an empowered employee recognizes and attaches himself or herself with the wider extent of organizational objectives. An engaged employee has more ownership and able to contribute towards his/her own growth and overall productivity. Boston focuses on implementing feedback given by employees with immediate effect and has 43% employees who are highly engaged. Facebook has a culture of contribution and each employee is recognized for his contribution to the overall goal of the company “to make the world more open and connected ". This policy of contributing culture is communicated to all the candidates during recruitment process. That is why Facebook is not only known for being one of the most popular social networking platforms but for its highly engaging culture as well. Under this study, the focus is to understand the relationship between employee empowerment and job performance. The study also tries to explore empirically the mediating effect of employee engagement in this regard. It was conducted on IT sector in Delhi NCR region with a sample size of 182 employees.  The finding of the study reflects that engagement has its mediation effect on job performance with respect to employee empowerment.

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