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JOURNAL OF ASIA BUSINESS STUDIES
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages 117-136Publisher
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/JABS-03-2016-0045
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Quality of work life; Employee commitment; Healthcare employees; Workplace empowerment
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Purpose The purpose of the paper is to explore the relationship between workplace empowerment and employee commitment with quality of work life (QWL) as a mediator in the case of private healthcare employees in India. Design/methodology/approach The study used a structured questionnaire to collect primary data from 279 employees of private healthcare units in India. AMOS 20 was used to analyse the data. Findings Results of data analysis confirm that the proposed hypotheses of the study were significant. Structural equation modelling revealed a best-fit model that demonstrated QWL to be a significant partial mediator between workplace empowerment and employee commitment. Practical implications This work provides a pragmatic view about the action mechanism through which workplace empowerment can aid in generating commitment among healthcare employees. The paper also offers insights for healthcare managers, administrators and practitioners. Originality/value The research is an attempt to integrate the employees as the core long-term assets of the healthcare system. The study establishes the triadic and symbiotic alliance of workplace empowerment, QWL and employee commitment in the novel context of healthcare.
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