Does psychological empowerment contribute to employee’s engagement in companies?

Abstract

Psychological empowerment of an employee benefits organization in this competitive business environment nowadays. This value encourages employees to excel and responsible in all given tasks. These employees have a stronger sense of self-efficacy and perform outstandingly, able to understand customer’s demand proactively and responsible to provide solutions for problems in the services effectively within the expected time. These attributes show that psychological empowerment have a positive relationship with the employee’s engagement. However, previous studies have yet to discover how significant are the relationship of these variables in electrical and electronics manufacturing in Johor, Malaysia. Thus, this study attempts to predict the relationship of psychological empowerment and employee engagement and improve the current understanding simultaneously. Findings indicated that there is a significant relationship between psychological empowerment and employee engagement of 69.8% among the electrical and electronics manufacturing in Johor, Malaysia. In conclusion, the engagement of a higher psychological empowerment employee towards his job scope affirms the success of an organization.