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The moderation effect of job tenure on psychological empowerment and employee performance in Malaysia public sector

Public employee performance is very critical as it affects the government’s reputation and performance. Meanwhile, the tenure of service could influence the effect of psychological empowerment on employee performance. Thus, the objectives of this study are, first, to investigate the effect psycholog...

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Main Authors: Aminah Ahmad, Sylvia Nabila Azwa Ambad, Syed Jamal Abdul Nasir Syed Mohd, Nelson Lajuni
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Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS) 2021
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HF5548.7-5548.85 Industrial psychology
HM786-806 Organizational sociology. Organization theory
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spelling my.ums.eprints.312262021-11-25T10:19:16Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31226/ The moderation effect of job tenure on psychological empowerment and employee performance in Malaysia public sector Aminah Ahmad Sylvia Nabila Azwa Ambad Syed Jamal Abdul Nasir Syed Mohd Nelson Lajuni HF5548.7-5548.85 Industrial psychology HM786-806 Organizational sociology. Organization theory Public employee performance is very critical as it affects the government’s reputation and performance. Meanwhile, the tenure of service could influence the effect of psychological empowerment on employee performance. Thus, the objectives of this study are, first, to investigate the effect psychological empowerment on employee performance, and second, to examine whether the tenure of service moderates the relationship between psychological empowerment and employee performance among public service employees in Malaysia. A total of 286 sets of a questionnaire are collected from the public sector department. Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) using SmartPLS 3.3.2 is used to analyze the data. The findings show that psychological empowerment is positively related to employees’ performance. Besides, employees’ tenure of service indicates a moderating effect on the relationship between psychological empowerment and employee performance. The longer the tenure, the better the employees adapt to their work, leading to the feeling of empowerment and a higher level of effort, which, in turn, increase employee performance. The study’s findings contribute to the field of management literature through the development and empirical test of a causal model of psychological empowerment on employee performance by considering employees’ tenure of service in the context of Malaysia public sector. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS) 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31226/1/The%20moderation%20effect%20of%20job%20tenure%20on%20psychological%20empowerment%20and%20employee%20performance%20in%20Malaysia%20public%20sector.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31226/3/The%20moderation%20effect%20of%20job%20tenure%20on%20psychological%20empowerment%20and%20employee%20performance%20in%20Malaysia%20public%20sector_ABSTRACT.pdf Aminah Ahmad and Sylvia Nabila Azwa Ambad and Syed Jamal Abdul Nasir Syed Mohd and Nelson Lajuni (2021) The moderation effect of job tenure on psychological empowerment and employee performance in Malaysia public sector. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11. pp. 780-796. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/papers_submitted/9733/the-moderation-effect-of-job-tenure-on-psychological-empowerment-and-employee-performance-in-malaysia-public-sector.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i4/9733
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topic HF5548.7-5548.85 Industrial psychology
HM786-806 Organizational sociology. Organization theory
spellingShingle HF5548.7-5548.85 Industrial psychology
HM786-806 Organizational sociology. Organization theory
Aminah Ahmad
Sylvia Nabila Azwa Ambad
Syed Jamal Abdul Nasir Syed Mohd
Nelson Lajuni
The moderation effect of job tenure on psychological empowerment and employee performance in Malaysia public sector
description Public employee performance is very critical as it affects the government’s reputation and performance. Meanwhile, the tenure of service could influence the effect of psychological empowerment on employee performance. Thus, the objectives of this study are, first, to investigate the effect psychological empowerment on employee performance, and second, to examine whether the tenure of service moderates the relationship between psychological empowerment and employee performance among public service employees in Malaysia. A total of 286 sets of a questionnaire are collected from the public sector department. Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) using SmartPLS 3.3.2 is used to analyze the data. The findings show that psychological empowerment is positively related to employees’ performance. Besides, employees’ tenure of service indicates a moderating effect on the relationship between psychological empowerment and employee performance. The longer the tenure, the better the employees adapt to their work, leading to the feeling of empowerment and a higher level of effort, which, in turn, increase employee performance. The study’s findings contribute to the field of management literature through the development and empirical test of a causal model of psychological empowerment on employee performance by considering employees’ tenure of service in the context of Malaysia public sector.
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author Aminah Ahmad
Sylvia Nabila Azwa Ambad
Syed Jamal Abdul Nasir Syed Mohd
Nelson Lajuni
author_facet Aminah Ahmad
Sylvia Nabila Azwa Ambad
Syed Jamal Abdul Nasir Syed Mohd
Nelson Lajuni
author_sort Aminah Ahmad
title The moderation effect of job tenure on psychological empowerment and employee performance in Malaysia public sector
title_short The moderation effect of job tenure on psychological empowerment and employee performance in Malaysia public sector
title_full The moderation effect of job tenure on psychological empowerment and employee performance in Malaysia public sector
title_fullStr The moderation effect of job tenure on psychological empowerment and employee performance in Malaysia public sector
title_full_unstemmed The moderation effect of job tenure on psychological empowerment and employee performance in Malaysia public sector
title_sort moderation effect of job tenure on psychological empowerment and employee performance in malaysia public sector
publisher Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS)
publishDate 2021
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31226/1/The%20moderation%20effect%20of%20job%20tenure%20on%20psychological%20empowerment%20and%20employee%20performance%20in%20Malaysia%20public%20sector.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31226/3/The%20moderation%20effect%20of%20job%20tenure%20on%20psychological%20empowerment%20and%20employee%20performance%20in%20Malaysia%20public%20sector_ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31226/
https://hrmars.com/papers_submitted/9733/the-moderation-effect-of-job-tenure-on-psychological-empowerment-and-employee-performance-in-malaysia-public-sector.pdf
http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i4/9733
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