IS GENDER ISSUE STILL RELEVANT IN WORK ENGAGEMENT CONTEXT? (AN EVIDENCE IN BANKING SECTOR)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21776/ub.ijabs.2021.29.1.7Abstract
Research purposes- Gender issues was being relevant issue in the past decades. Also, work engagement play important roles to boost organization profitability. This paper aimed to investigate the differences between male and female employees in work engagement.
Methodology- Sample for this study were 243 banking employees. Validity and reliability conducted in this study was using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) with the Work Engagement CFA score was .802 (sig.000) and Cronbach Alpha score for Work engagement was .900 (Minimum Score is 0.7) in SPSS 25. Independent T-test used in this research to find out the differences between male employees and female employees work engagement.
Findings- The research Levene’s Test for F score was 1.820 (sig. 0179) or in other words is insignificant. So, the result conclusion was that it was not any differences in engagement significant level between female employees and male employees in the Indonesia banking sector.
Practice Implication- To enhance productivity through work-engagement, banking industry has wide choice in recruiting female and male employee (both gender suitable with banking industry job description).
Originality- Findings in this research occurred the relationship model between work-engagement based on gender perspectives.
Keywords: Gender, Work Engagement, Productivity
References
References
Albrecht, S. L. (2010). Handbook of Employee Engagement: Perspective, Issues, Research and Practice . Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited .
Albrecht, S. L. (2012). The Influence of Job, Team and Organizational Level Resources on Employee Well-being, Engagement, Commitment and Extra-role performance . Emeraldinsight: International Journal of Manpower , 840-853.
Banihani, M., Lewis, P., & Syed, J. (2013). Is work engagement gendered? Emeraldinsight: Gender in Management: An International Journal, 400-423.
Barnes, D. C., Collier, J. E., & Robinson, S. (2014). Customer delight and work engagement. Emeraldinsight: Journal of Services Marketing, 380-390.
Bernstein, D. A., & Nash, P. W. (2008). Essentials of Psychology . Boston: Houghton Miffiin Company .
Biswas, R., & Cassell, C. (1996). Strategic HRM and the gendered division of labour in the hotel industry A Case Study . Emeraldinsight: Personnel Review , 19-34.
Capelle, R. G. (2014). Optimizing Organization Design: A Proven Approach to Enhance Financial Performance, Customer Satisfaction, and Employee Engagement . San Francisco : Jossey-Bass: A Wiley Brand .
Chen, J.-C., Silverthone, C., & Hung, J.-Y. (2006 ). Organization Communication, Job Stress, Organizational Commitment, and Job Performance of Accounting Professionals in Taiwan and America . Emeraldinsight: Leadership & Organizational Development Journal , 242-249 .
Cook, S. (2008). The Essential Guide to Employee Engagement: Better Business Performance through Staff Satisfaction . London and Philadelphia : Kogan Page .
Djafri, F., & Noordin, K. B. (2017). The Impact of Workplace Spirituality on Organizational Commitment: A Case Study of Takaful agents in Malaysia . Emeraldinsight: Humanomics, 1-18.
Farndale, E., Beijer, S. E., & Van Veldhoven, M. J. (2014). Employee Engagement: A Sceptical Analysis . Emeraldinsight: Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance , 141-156.
Federman, B. (2009). Employee Engagement A Roadmap for Creating Profits, Optimizing Performance, and Increasing Loyalty. San Fransisco: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Ferreira, P., & de Oliveira, E. R. (2014). Does corporate social responsibility impact on employee engagement? Emeraldinsight: Journal of Workplace Learning, 232-248.
Frenkel, M. (2017). GENDERING THE MNC. Elsevier: Research in the Sociology of Organizations.
Georgiades, S. (2015). Employee Engagement in Media Management: Creativeness and Organizational Development. New York : Springer .
Ghozali, I. (2013). Aplikasi Analisis Multivariate SPSS 23. Semarang : Badan Penerbit UNDIP .
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2020 The International Journal of Accounting and Business Society
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
The copyright of the received article shall be assigned to the journal as the publisher of the journal. The intended copyright includes the right to publish the article in various forms (including reprints). The journal maintains the publishing rights to the published articles.
