Managing Day-To-Day Employee Performance through Psychological Empowerment

Abstract

Psychological empowerment was defined from the perspective of individual employees which was characterized by a sense of perceived control, perceptions of competence, and internalization of the goals and objectives of the organization (Menon, S.T 1999). Psychological empowerment is a multifaceted construct reflecting the different dimensions of being psychologically enabled, and is conceived of personal control, a proactive approach to life, and a critical understanding of the socio-political environment, which is rooted firmly in a social action framework. The tool for the study was a questionnaire comprising of twelve items on psychological empowerment, six items on employee performance on a five point scaling ranging from strongly agree (5) to strongly disagree (1). Data was collected from a sample of 180 respondents from two pharmaceutical companies. Being satisfied with the reliability of the research instrument the researcher carried out Pearson correlation and multiple regression to understand the impact of psychological empowerment on employee performance.