PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN MILLENNIAL GENERATION EMPLOYEES

Krisnova Nastasia (Universitas Putra Indonesia “YPTK” Padang, Indonesia)
Rika Wahyuni (Universitas Putra Indonesia YPTK Padang)
Selvi Zola Fenia (Universitas Putra Indonesia YPTK Padang)
Hadi Irfani (Universitas Putra Indonesia YPTK Padang)
Sari Rahmadani (Universitas Putra Indonesia YPTK Padang)

Jurnal Ipteks Terapan : research of applied science and education
Vol. 17 No. 1 (2023): Jurnal Ipteks Terapan : research of applied science and education

objective – The aim of this research is to determine the mediating role of job satisfaction in the effect of psychological empowerment on employee engagement. Design/Methodology/Approach - The population of this study is millennial generation employees at BUMN companies in Padang City. A sample of 67 respondents was taken through cluster random sampling technique, 15 companies were selected as research locations. The research instrument was a questionnaire in the form of a Likert scale. Testing the data through quantitative data analysis techniques structural equation models namely Structural Equation Modeling - PLS-based SEM. Findings – Research findings from SmartPLS v. data processing results. 3 shows that all the proposed hypotheses are proven to be supported. Psychological empowerment has a positive and significant (significant) effect on job satisfaction, psychological empowerment has a positive and significant (significant) effect on employee engagement, job satisfaction has a positive and significant (significant) effect on employee engagement, job satisfaction has no role in mediating psychological influences empowerment on employee engagement. Research limitations – This research is limited to the employee engagement variable and the research data was taken from 1 BUMN company in Padang City. Thus, the results of the study cannot be concluded in general. Originality – The research focus is on the effect of psychological empowerment on employee engagement and looking at the mediating role of job satisfaction variables.