Association of Employee Engagement and Turnover Intention: The Moderating Role of Psychological Empowerment

Abstract

This research examines the influence of employee’s engagement on employees’ turnover intention and evaluates the moderating role of psychological empowerment in this association. Data was collected from employees of private sector Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in Peshawar, KP, Pakistan using multi-stage cluster sampling technique. A total of 305 cases were analyzed using hierarchical regression analysis through IBM SPSS 25 and confirmatory factor analysis using IBM AMOS 26. Findings of the research document the subsistence of reasonable and confirmative association of employee engagement with turnover intention and confirm the moderation of psychological empowerment. The findings are important for body of knowledge and HEIs managers and leaders in that they reflect employers can reduce turnover intention by enhancing psychological empowerment. In the context of Pakistan, particularly higher education institutes the hypothesized association is understudied, whereby less attention is paid to study of psychological empowerment. This study fills this research gap.