Engagement in hair manufacturing organizations: a case of cascade industries limited and SCD (U) limited

Abstract

The study aimed at establishing the relationship between leader member exchange, employee creativity and employee engagement. This research was situated in a quantitative approach and adopted a cross sectional survey design. This survey design was adopted because the researcher intended to come up with an accurate description of findings that reflect the facts about the topic at one point in time. This research plan was also chosen because it enabled the researcher to collect and analyse data and make meaningful recommendations from the research objectives. Results obtained showed that there is a significant positive relationship (r = .189, P ≤. 01) between leader member exchange and employee engagement. The study, further, discovered a statistically significant positive relationship (r = 0.371, P≤.01) between employee creativity and engagement. Findings also revealed that there was a significant positive relationship (r = 0.273, P ≤ .01) between employee creativity and leader member exchange. Similarly, results revealed that leadermember connection raised predictive power of employee engagement by 3.6% (R Square Change = 0.036) implying that leader-member exchange is a significant predictor of staff engagement. The researcher concluded that there are significant positive relationships between variables and a strong mediation effect of creativity on engagement. Finally, the researcher recommended that managers of manufacturing firms should put their first priority on employee creativity as it indicated high contribution to employee engagement.