Individual cognitive empowerment and in-role performance: a matched-pair study
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Individual cognitive empowerment, encompassing psychological and environmental factors, fits well. Positive work methods enhance engineer performance in Malaysia
Area Of Science
- Organizational Psychology
- Human Resource Management
- Manufacturing Sector Studies
Background
- Cognitive empowerment is crucial for employee performance.
- Understanding factors influencing in-role performance in manufacturing is vital.
- The Electrical and Electronic (E&E) sector in Malaysia presents unique workplace dynamics.
Purpose Of The Study
- To assess the model fit of individual cognitive empowerment, including psychological and environmental factors.
- To investigate the direct impact of specific environmental empowerment factors (work methods, criteria, schedules) on in-role performance.
- To analyze these relationships within Malaysia's E&E manufacturing firms.
Main Methods
- Data collected from 173 engineer-manager pairs (matched) with over 1 year of collaboration.
- Study conducted across 73 E&E manufacturing firms in Malaysia.
- Statistical analysis to determine model fit and direct effects on in-role performance.
Main Results
- Psychological and environmental factors demonstrated a stronger model fit for individual cognitive empowerment.
- Positive direct effect observed between work methods and in-role performance.
- Work schedules and work criteria did not show a significant direct effect on in-role performance.
Conclusions
- Individual cognitive empowerment is best explained by a combination of psychological and environmental factors.
- Optimizing work methods is key to enhancing engineer in-role performance in Malaysian E&E firms.
- Further research may explore indirect effects or other contextual factors for work schedules and criteria.
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