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Jeniboy Kimpah1, Sebastiaan Rothmann2, Hazril Izwar Ibrahim3
1Faculty of Business and Communications, INTI International University, Nilai, Malaysia.
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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