Investigating the Relationship of Employee Empowerment and Sustainable Manufacturing Performance

Year 2016, Volume: 6 Issue: 4, 284 - 290, 01.06.2016

Rosman Bin Md Yusoff Amina Imran Muhammad Imran Qureshi Abdul Ghafoor Kazi

Abstract

Literature identified employee empowerment under the socio-technical context can help to enhance sustainable manufacturing performance (SMP).
However, few studies have attempted to empirically test the relationship between the employee empowerment and SMP. The current study focused on
the investigation of the relationship between employee empowerment and SMP. The study used quantitative research design to address the problem.
The study used random sample of 100 employees from large manufacturers in Malaysia to collect data on a 5 point- likert scale questionnaire adopted
from the literature. Further, this data statistically tested using smart PLS (structural equation modeling) to empirical investigations of the relationships
between employee empowerment and SMP. Results indicated that employee empowerment has a positive relationship with social, environmental
and economic performance of the manufacturers in Malaysia. A result of the study suggests to the policy makers to enhance level of employee
empowerment in order to improve SMP.

Keywords

employee empowerment, sustainable manufacturing performance, Structural Equation Modeling