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Team building, employee empowerment and employee competencies

Team building, employee empowerment and employee competencies The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of team building and employee empowerment on employee competencies and examine the moderating role of organizational learning culture in between these relationships.Design/methodology/approachAn integrated research model is developed by combining resource-based view, signalling theory and experiential learning theory. The validity of the model is tested by applying moderated structural equation modelling (MSEM) approach to the data collected from 653 employees working in cement manufacturing companies. The reliability and validity of the dimensions are established through confirmatory factor analysis and the related hypotheses are tested by using MSEM.FindingsThe findings suggest that organizational learning culture significantly strengthens the relationships of team building and employee empowerment on employee competencies.Research limitations/implicationsThe research is undertaken in Indian cement manufacturing companies which cannot be generalized across a broader range of sectors and international environment.Practical implicationsThe findings of the study have potential to help decision makers of manufacturing companies to develop strategies which will enable them to improve employee competency, to formulate effective human resource development interventions and to enhance the capability of the employees to achieve desired goals and objectives of the organization.Originality/valueThe research is unique in its attempt to combine three frameworks to build a new theoretical model explaining the importance organizational learning culture along with team building and employee empowerment. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Journal of Training and Development Emerald Publishing

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Emerald Publishing
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2046-9012
DOI
10.1108/ejtd-08-2018-0086
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of team building and employee empowerment on employee competencies and examine the moderating role of organizational learning culture in between these relationships.Design/methodology/approachAn integrated research model is developed by combining resource-based view, signalling theory and experiential learning theory. The validity of the model is tested by applying moderated structural equation modelling (MSEM) approach to the data collected from 653 employees working in cement manufacturing companies. The reliability and validity of the dimensions are established through confirmatory factor analysis and the related hypotheses are tested by using MSEM.FindingsThe findings suggest that organizational learning culture significantly strengthens the relationships of team building and employee empowerment on employee competencies.Research limitations/implicationsThe research is undertaken in Indian cement manufacturing companies which cannot be generalized across a broader range of sectors and international environment.Practical implicationsThe findings of the study have potential to help decision makers of manufacturing companies to develop strategies which will enable them to improve employee competency, to formulate effective human resource development interventions and to enhance the capability of the employees to achieve desired goals and objectives of the organization.Originality/valueThe research is unique in its attempt to combine three frameworks to build a new theoretical model explaining the importance organizational learning culture along with team building and employee empowerment.

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European Journal of Training and Development – Emerald Publishing

Published: Feb 20, 2019

Keywords: Confirmatory factor analysis; Organizational learning culture; Employee empowerment; Employee competencies; Moderated structural equation modelling; Team building

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