Open AccessQuality of Work Life and Psychological Empowerment among Employees: Malaysian Government-Linked Company
Author(s) -
Nurul Isnaini,
Ahmad Sharani,
Shah Rollah,
Abdul Wahab,
Umar Haiyat,
Abdul Kohar,
Azman Hashim,
Nurul Farhana,
M.Y. Noordin,
Wan Azam,
Wan Mahmood Mat Yunus
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.c1222.1083s219
Subject(s) - empowerment , government (linguistics) , psychology , quality of life (healthcare) , work (physics) , quality (philosophy) , job satisfaction , productivity , applied psychology , social psychology , business , engineering , economic growth , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , epistemology , psychotherapist , economics
Psychological empowerment may provide more satisfaction towards a job and better productivity towards employees’ work and life. The aim of this study is to investigate the link between psychological empowerment and the quality of work life [QWL] in a government-linked company in Malaysia. Employing a cross-sectional survey research design, 182 employees from a financial sector company were recruited using simple random sampling method. The Psychological Empowerment Questionnaire [Spreitzer, 1995] and Quality of Work Life Questionnaire [Walton, 1980] were used to measure psychological empowerment and the quality of work life [QWL]. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science [SPSS]. Results showed that, the overall level of psychological empowerment is at a high level, while the level of quality of work life [QWL] is at a moderate level. The findings also showed that the relationship between psychological empowerment and the quality of work life has a very weak relationship. It can be concluded that, psychological empowerment is associated to quality of work life among the employees in a Malaysian government-linked company