The Impact of Employee Engagement on Job Insecurity by Moderating Role of Psychological Empowerment to Enhance Corporate Performance

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Ramey M. H., Jawad M., Naz M., KÜÇÜK YILMAZ A., Yazgan E.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ASIAN BUSINESS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, cilt.10, sa.4, ss.72-88, 2019 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4018/ijabim.2019100106
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ASIAN BUSINESS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.72-88
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Corporate Performance, Employee Engagement, Ergonomics, Human Factor, Job insecurity, Management and Strategy, Psychological empowerment, TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP, MODEL, WORKPLACE, BURNOUT
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Human resources have had a strategic role in both sustainable and competitive business since it is inimitable element of business. The purpose of this research is to investigation the impact of employee engagement (independent variable) on job insecurity (dependent variable) and then moderating role of psychological empowerment of employees in oil and gas sector. These variables have the key significance for their employees and betterment of the organizations. It is a qualitative research, field study through survey methodology, 100 employees of 11 multinational oil and gas companies participated in the study from Pakistan. Cronbach alpha, Pearson correlation coefficient and hierarchal regression were used for various analyzes of this study. The findings of the research revealed that employee engagement is significant for reducing feelings of insecurity in a job, meanwhile if they are empowered psychologically, their commitment and loyalty is increased many times. Findings of this study will provide the insight to the benefits, challenges and issues related with it.