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The Effect of Engagement on Psychological Empowerment and Job Engagement on Proactive Behavior  

Eun Hye, Park (Republic of Korea Navy)
Mi Hee, Kim (Institute of Management Research at National University)
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship / v.17, no.6, 2022 , pp. 127-140 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study assumes that active and voluntary actions of organizational members in domestic enterprises can improve organizational performance as they have to seek differentiated strategies and changes in the midst of infinite competition. Considering the nature of psychological empowerment and proactive behavior, the study conducted a survey on members of companies with 100 or more workers of a certain size and used 300 samples for the study. Accordingly, this study attempted to investigate the relationship between personal factors influencing overall organizational competitiveness, i. e. job engagement, proactive behavior and psychological empowerment. Also, the mediating effects of job engagement on the relationship between psychological empowerment and proactive behavior were also examined here. The analysis established the relationship between psychological empowerment, job engagement and proactive behavior. Also, psychological empowerment was found to exert positive influence on job engagement and proactive behavior to a significant extent. Likewise, job engagement proved to have positive influence on proactive behavior to a significant degree. In addition, the mediating effects of job engagement on the relationship between psychological empowerment and proactive behavior were confirmed. Based on these findings, this study suggested relevant theoretical rationales and practical implications.
Keywords
psychological empowerment; job engagement; proactive behavior;
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