Antecedents of Employee Engagement in the Saudi labor market

نوع المستند : بحوث باللغة الإنجلیزیة

المؤلفون

1 King Saud University

2 إدارة الموارد البشرية, کلية إدارة الأعمال, جامعة الملک سعود, الرياض, المملکة العربية السعودية

المستخلص

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of workload, ethical climate, work-life balance, and job satisfaction as independent variables on employee engagement and to address the factors that lead to employee engagement. The study was conducted on employees working in the Saudi labor market. A total of 266 Participants to the survey and data were collected using a digital link. Analyzing the data was done through descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviations, and correlation). Also, reliability analysis was applied to the data. Regression analysis was used to examine the influence of workload, ethical climate, work-life balance, and job satisfaction on employee engagement. The relationship between ethical climate, work-life balance and job satisfaction and employee engagement was significantly high while it was moderately negative between workload and work engagement. This study is useful for top management, organizational developers, and HR specialists. It indicates that to get employees engaged, it’s necessary to provide managers with the appropriate recommendations to increase job satisfaction, ethical climate, and employee engagement by facilitating the work and reducing workload.

الكلمات الرئيسية