Empirical Study on the Impacts of Psychological Commitment on Employee’s Engagement in NHK Manufacturing Company in Malaysia

Abstract

This paper attempts to investigate the impact that will be occurring of psychological commitment on employee engagement. Psychological commitment is assumed as individual’s identification with and involvement in the organization whether the employee will still work with the current organization or leave the organization while employee engagement is the level commitment and involvement an employee has toward his organization and its value. This research was carried out with the purpose that outcomes of this behavior or value may help to determine many work related interaction of the employees. It is mainly related to the employee’s desire to continue or getting engaged to working with the particular organization. The study was conducted on the private sector which is mainly in manufacturing company in Seremban city in Malaysia. A survey instrument of questionnaire was used to collect data. The results indicate that there is a significant impact of the three independent variables which is namely affective, continuance and normative commitment with the dependent variable employee engagement. Normative commitment is found to be the most independent variable in driving the employee engagement in the manufacturing company in Seremban. This research should further examine the particular circumstances under which psychological commitment might influence employee engagement.