Examining Role of Employee Job Security, Financial Security, and Psychological Security to Foster Employee Performance: Mediating Effect of Employee Engagement

Abstract

It is crucial for organizations to explore factors that can foster employee performance to survive in the present competitive marketplace. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to examine the effect of employee job security, employee financial security, and employee psychological security on employee performance through the mediating role of employee engagement. This study adopted a cross-sectional research design and quantitative methodology. A questionnaire was developed using a five-point Likert scale to gather responses from employees by applying simple random sampling. The response rate of the study was 65%. Smart PLS 4 was used as the tool for data analysis in this research. Results confirm that employee engagement has positive effect on employee performance. Moreover, employee job security, employee financial security, and employee psychological security have positive influence on employee engagement. In the end, employee engagement also mediates between employee job security, employee financial security, employee psychological security, and employee performance. This study contributes to the body of literature by highlighting the key role of employee engagement between employee job security, employee financial security, employee psychological security, and employee performance.