THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FACETS OF JOB DESIGN AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT - A CASE OF RESIDENT DOCTORS IN KARACHI

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis research study is to determine the relationship of job design characteristics model on employee engagement. For this study, 3 leading hospitals of Karachi; including Liaquat National Hospital, PNS Shifa and Aga Khan Hospital selected. Methodology/sample: Adopting deductive approach, hypotheses were first developed after studying relevant literature. The study is based on quantitative primary data; for data collection, a questionnaire was used. The targeted populations (300 employees) of current study are resident doctors of 3 leading hospitals of Karachi which are PNS Shifa, Aga Khan Hospital and Liaquat National Hospital. The sample size is of 169. The sampling technique used was non-probability convenience sampling. For hypotheses testing statistical tools applied included Pearson Correlation, Regression analysis by using SPSS. Findings: Relation of job design characteristic model which includes components that are; Task Autonomy, Task Variety, Task Significance, Task Identity and Task Feedback were tested against employee engagement. It is found out that Task Autonomy, Task Significance and Task Identity has significant and positive impact on employee engagement while Task Variety and Task Feedback have insignificant but positive impact on employee engagement. were Practical Implications: The findings/ results of this research are that from job characteristic model; Task autonomy, Task significance and Task identity are positively impacting on employee engagement. So, these aspects to improve employee engagement of doctors.hospitals of Pakistan can use Also Human Recourse students and specialists can use model to understand the relationship between variables as all variables are proved to be correlated with each other in this research.