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Rina Anindita
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Adventia Emilia Seda
Rina Anindita and Adventia Emilia Seda (2018). How employee engagement
mediates the influence of individual factors toward organizational commitment.
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Organizational Commitment to continue adapting to changes and new innovation in order to imple-
ment the company’s strategy (Zulkarnain & Hadiyani, 2014).
Ortiz and Lau (2011) showed how Employee Engagement is related with other dimensions’ existing in
Organizational Commitment. In their study, it is found that Employee Engagement does not have a pos-
itive and significant relation with Continuance Commitment, yet has a positive relation with Normative
Commitment. Ologbo and Sofian (2012) in their study showed all three Individual Factors which are
Employee Communication, Employee Development, and Co-Employee Support have a positive im-
pact on Employee Engagement. In their study, Employee Engagement can mediate Individual Factors
and consequences resulted, which are Organizational Commitment, OCB (Organizational Citizenship
Behavior), and Turnover Intentions.
Prasanna and Swarnalatha (2012) in their study showed that Organizational Commitment can be
formed with Goal Setting, Employee Engagement and optimism towards the company. However, it can
be created if all three have been greatly implemented, which are creating goal setting between employ-
ees and the management so that the employees feel included in every work performed. Therefore, the
cooperation leads to employees’ commitment and optimism in working, these are what support the in-
crease of employees’ commitment towards their organization.
The previous studies have not included the specific influence of Individual Factors on neither Employee
Engagement nor Organizational Commitment. The previous studies which included the Individual
Factors measured Employee Engagement consequences produced, which were Organizational
Commitment, OCB, and Turnover Intentions, yet not specifically on Organizational Commitment.
Therefore, we include the effects of Individual Factors towards Organizational Commitment mediated
by Employee Engagement (Job Engagement and Organizational Engagement), in which differentiate
this from the previous studies.
The objectives of this study are: first, to discover how Individual Factors affect Employee Engagement
in MICE industry; second, to find out how Employee Engagement (Job Engagement and Employee
Engagement) affects Organizational Commitment of employees in MICE industry; third, to discover
how Individual Factors affect Organizational Commitment of employees in MICE industry.
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fully involved in their job. Hence, the researchers by believing in and accepting the values and goals
notice and focus on the encouragement through of an organization. Organizational Commitment
Individual Factors first. As for several Individual is a level where someone position themselves with-
Factors, they are Employee Communication, in an organization and have willingness to contin-
Employee Development, and Co-employee Support. ue the effort in achieving the organization’s objec-
tives (Noe, 2000). Organizational Commitment
1.2. Employee Engagement is also defined as employee’s circumstances in
siding and supporting an organization including
Kahn (1990) defined Employee Engagement as the its objectives, and also has the intention to nur-
commitment of employee personally to the role ture its membership within the said organiza-
and responsibility in work. In this case, individual tion (Robinson et al., 2006). It is concluded that
used their psychological, cognitive, and emotional Organizational Commitment is a psychological
feeling to provide an optimum performance in im- relation between employees and their organiza-
plementing their responsibilities within the work. tion by accepting and carrying out the objectives
Furthermore, Harter et al. (2002) defined Employee set, as well as having a strong influence on staying
Engagement as the individual’s involvement and with the organization.
satisfaction, as well as enthusiam for work. Hence,
Employee Engagement is a level of commitment
and employee’s involvement in an organization 2. VARIABLES RELATIONSHIP
and the values within. Employee Engagement is
the employee’s willingness and ability to contrib-
AND HYPOTHESES
ute directly to the company’s succees continously. DEVELOPMENT
Commitment towards the organization is deeply
affected by several factors both emotionally or ra- Positive attitude produced by employees will
tionally, are which directly related to the work and emerge if there are several supporting factors, one
work experience (Global Perrin/Perrin’s Global of which is Individual Factors namely Employees
Workforce Study, 2003). Robinson et al. (2004) de- Communication, Employees Development, and
fined Employee Engagement as employee’s positive Co-employees Support. With good communica-
attitude towards the company they work for and tion among employees, it can increase the sense
also the company’s values. Meanwhile, Saks (2006) of involvement, because they feel heard and con-
defined Employee Engagement based on how far tributing in providing opinions on problem solv-
individuals provide their full attention in perform- ing. Employee development can make employees
ing the role they have. Therefore, it is concluded feel more supported because they are given the
that Employee Engagement is the will and positive opportunity to develop their ability and skills.
attitude of an employee by giving special attention Meanwhile, support from co-workers makes the
to contributing directly in performing their roles. employees collectively and collaboratively in-
volve in achieving the goals, so the employees feel
1.3. Organizational Commitment contributive. This creates Employee Engagement
among the employees. High Employee
Allen and Meyer (1991) formulated Organizational Involvement can increase Employee Engagement
Commitment as a psychological form of rela- and vice versa, employees who are not involved
tions between employee and their organization, in discussion and interaction in a company, have
and which has a strong influence on whether or low Employee Engagement. Therefore, it is impor-
not the employee will stay with the organization. tant for employees to have Employee Engagement
This is also supported by Meyer and Herscovitch in executing their work, because employees with
(2001) who say that commitment is an individu- high Employee Engagement are more energized in
al strength in doing something according to the performing their job (Bakker & Leiter, 2010).
goals of the company. Mowday et al. (1997) de-
fined Organizational Commitment (OC) as a mul- Robinson et al. (2004) showed all four things within
tidimensional concept, whichis able to make the the impetus category for the creation of Employee
employee do something on behalf of the company, Engagement. The existence of good communi-
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cation among employees can create trust to one H2: High Employee Engagement will produce
another, similarly with Employee Development high Organizational Commitment.
and also Employee Collaboration in each level.
The significant feeling and commitment among In this study, the researchers (Gallup, 2005;
employees becomes a part of Individual Factors, Saks, 2006) also wanted to see how Individual
which enable to produce Employee Engagement. Factors can affect Organizational Commitment
The higher Individual Factors for employees, the of employees. This is considered important for re-
higher Employee Engagement is formed (Ologbo searchers, because several antecedents proposed
& Sofian, 2012). by Meyer and Allen (1990) have a close connec-
tion with Individual Factors referred too. Yet,
From the above argument, the researcher pro- researchers have not found in previous studies
posed the hypothesis: how Individual Factors affect the Organizational
Commitment of employees. Meyer and Allen
H1: Good Individual Factor will create high (1990) formulated three forms of Organizational
Employee Engagement. Commitment, which are: Affective Commitment,
Normative Commitment, and Continuance
Employee with high Employee Engagement Commitment, they have several antecedents re-
will have a positive gesture in the work and lated to Individual Factors including related to
will be involved in the achievement of orga- communication among employees belonging
nization. In this case, Employee Involvement to role clarity and goal clarity antecedents. First,
causes doing something for the sake of achiev- participation (employees have good communica-
ing objectives of the company. It is in tune with tion so that have clear information about roles and
Organizational Commitment where individuals goals, they may participate directly in company’s
with Organizational Commitment have a posi- objectives). Further, those related to employee’s
tive psychological connection between employ- development belong to skill and education ante-
ees and their organization so that the employee cedents (employees are given an opportunity to
will implement the organization’s objectives and expand their skills and knowledge). And the last
accept them. It can be said that an employee of Individual Factors is Co-employees Support be-
with high Employee Engagement will have bet- longing to Organizational Commitment anteced-
ter Organizational Commitment, and also vice ent which is peer cohesion (the existence of good
versa, employee with low Employee Engagement co-operation between colleagues). With the study
or careless will be followed by low Organizational mentioned, it supports the influence of Individual
Commitment too. Organizational Commitment Factors and Organizational Commitment on em-
creates a level where someone positioned them- ployees. Thus, the researchers offered the hypoth-
selves within the organization and have the will- esis that expecting high Individual Factors from
ingness to continue the effort of achieving the or- employees will resulting in high Organizational
ganization’s goals (Noe, 2000). Commitment too.
In Saks’ (2006) research, it is also found that Job and From the above arguments, the researcher pro-
Organizational Engagement mediated connection posed the hypothesis:
between the antecedents and Employee Engagement
consequences which are Work Satisfaction, H3: Good Individual Factors will create high
Organizational Commitment, Intentions to leave, Organizational Commitment as well.
and Organizational Citizenship Behavior. Based
on the analysis, Employee Engagement has an
influence towards Organizational Commitment. 3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The higher Employee Engagement owns, then the
higher the Organizational Commitment. We performed the research on the employees
of PT Indonesia International Expo. The re-
From the above analysis, the researcher proposed searched aspects are Individual Factors, Employee
the hypothesis: Engagement, and Organizational Commitment.
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Research is done in December 2016 with the help Table 1. Hypotheses testing results
of survey method. This study is descriptive analysis, Hypotheses
with causality model or related to effect. Data collec- Hypotheses statement T-value Details
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Engagement and Organizational Commitment. In Employees with high Individual Factors have
his study, Job and Organization Engagement me- high Organizational Commitment. This is caused
diated consequences from Employee Engagement, by Individual Factors formed within by the pres-
which is Organizational Commitment. ence of Employees Communication, Employees
Development, and Co-employees Support. The
Other studies by Albdour and Altaraweh (2014) al- existence of good communication among em-
so showed the presence of influence of someone’s ployees causes them to be given the opportu-
Employee Engagement on their Organizational nity to express their opinions in organization’s
Commitment. When employees feel committed problem solving so that employees do something
both to their work and organization, they tend to for their company/organization. Meanwhile,
have psychological emotional power in their work, Employees Development can create the feeling of
which happens in an organization through a posi- significance, becoming a part of the organization,
tive experience in the work. Therefore, commit- thus producing a psychological bond towards the
ment showed an influence on the said employee. organization. Next is the Co-employees Support,
Besides, employees’ commitment tend to make which cause the employees to work collectively
the employees instill the organization’s values or and collaboratively, assist others in finishing the
to accept certain policies in the work and to form work in an optimum way so that the employees
the commitment to stay with the company. In position themselves with the organization and
this case, Employee Engagement consists of two have the willingness to achieve the company’s ob-
dimensions: Job Engagement and Organizational jectives together.
Engagement, which will produce Organizational
Commitment on employees through a positive This study also performed variables analysis; the
work experience, they feel committed towards result of hypothesis testing showed the influence
their roles within the said organization, psycho- of Employee Engagement’s mediation variables on
logical commitment and becoming part of the variables of Individual Factors and Organizational
organization. Commitment’s variables. Mediation variables
on Employee Engagement were used as a link
Result of the third hypothesis (H3) testing, shows between Individual Factors and Organizationl
that results of the analysis support the H3 hy- Commitment. Based on the analysis mentioned,
pothesis that there exists influence of Individual it is known that Employee Engagement can me-
Factors on Organizational Commitment by 5.06. diate Individual Factors and Organizational
It showed that Organizational Commitment is Commitment. Individual Factors have a direct
affected by someone’s Individual Factors. The effect on Organizational Commitment and al-
higher one’s Individual Factors, the higher the so Individual Factors can have indirect effect on
Organizational Commitment produced. The pre- Organizational Commitment through mediating
vious study by Ologbo and Sofian (2013) showed the Employee Engagement. It can be said as par-
the relationship between Individual Factors and tial analysis mediation, because it can have both
Organizational Commitment, which is the conse- direct and indirect effects.
quence of the Employee Engagement owned.
CONCLUSION
There are three results found in this study. The first is Individual Factors influencing Employee
Engagement positively and significantly. This means the first hypothesis is accepted, which means
that high Individual Factors can affect high Employee Engagement. By the increase of Employees
Communication, Employee Development and Co-employees Support will cause the feeling of signifi-
cance and commitment of the employees both in their work and in the organization so that it is forming
Employee Engagement. The next result shows that Employee Engagement can influence Organizational
Commitment significantly and positively. This indicates that employees with high Employee Engagement
tend to have high Organizational Commitment too. In this case, the second hypothesis is accepted. This
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is because when employees feel committed both to their work and the organization; they tend to have a
psychological emotional power in the work in which it happens in an organization through a positive
work experience, to embed the company’s values, and to form a commitment to stay with the compa-
ny. The third hypothesis from this study is that Individual Factors affect Organizational Commitment.
High Individual Factors can cause the employees to have high desire in participating in every activity of
the company, strong willingness to stay and contribute for the improvement of the organization.
It is also found that Employee Engagement can mediate between the Individual Factors and Organizational
Commitment. In this case, the Individual Factors directly affect Organizational Commitment, and
Individual Factors may also have indirect influence on the Organizational Commitment through the
mediation of Employee Engagement. This can be described as a partial mediation analysis, because it
can affect both directly and indirectly.
LIMITATIONS
This study has several limitations which can be considered for future study. This study is specifically
performed on a developing company. Therefore, all policies and activities related to the formation of
Individual Factors, Employee Engagement, and Organizational Commitment are not stable and are
considered as a special program of the company so that there is a possibility of having different results
in the future studies. Further, this study only used questionnaire as a data collection instrument. Hence,
there is a possibility of bias in the answers obtained from respondents if the respondents were not an-
swering the truth or just filling out the questionnaire based on ideal condition only. And there are no
support data to go deeper on the reasoning behind their answers during the interview. This causes the
measuring conducted to be less depicting the actual condition of the employees. There is also a limitation
in the driving factors variables of the Employees Engagement and Organizational Commitment’s for-
mation used. The study only perceived from Individual Factors, which are Employees Communication,
Employees Development, and Co-employees Support, while there are other factors that can be used as
stimulant to the formation of Employee Engagement and Organizational Commitment.
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