EMPLOYEE WORK EMPOWERMENT AS PREDICTOR OF ROLE INNOVATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL TRUST

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Abstract
The study investigated the role of Employee empowerment on organizational trust and role innovation among 272 employees drawn from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Organization trust was assessed with 32-item scale that addresses five dimensions of trust built from Mishra’s (1996) model for organizational trust, while employee work empowerment was assessed with 12-item empowerment scale developed and validated by Spreitizer (1995). Role innovation was measured with 6-item scale originally developed by west (1987). Results showed that employee work empowerment positively predicted organizational trust (B=.27,P  .01)., while it negatively predicted role innovation (B=-. 15,P  .05). The findings and implications were discussed based on the theoretical and empirical background and in relation to Nigeria socio- economic realities. Limitations of the study were highlighted and suggestions made for further research


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page --------i
Certification---------ii
Dedication ----------iii
Acknowledgement ---------v
Table of content---------vi
List of Table ---------        vii
List of Appendices ----------       viii
Abstract -----------ix

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION -----1
Statement of the Problem -------10
Purpose of the study --------12
Operational Definition of Term-------12


CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW - -----14
Theoretical Review --------14
Empirical Review ---------31
Hypothesis -----------58


CHAPTER THREE: METHOD ------59
Participants ----------59
Instruments ---------59
Procedure ---------66
Design and statistics --------66

CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS 67

CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION-------75
Implications of the study --------80
Limitations of the study ---------82
Suggestions for further Researchers-----84
Summary and Conclusion -------85
References ----------87
Appendices -----------        99
 
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Descriptive Statistics and inter-correlations 
among the study variables, and control 
variables-------67

Table 2: Regression Co-efficient table of the control variables, employee 
    work empowerment and role Innovation  -----69

Table 3: Regression Co-efficient table of the control variable employee 
   work empowerment and organizational trust--70

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