Impact of Project Management Leadership and Knowledge Management on Job Engagement; with Mediating Role of Self Efficacy

Abstract

Project-based government as well as private sector organizations play a pivotal role in the progress and growth of any country. In case of Pakistan, project-based organizations offer lucrative salaries and perks to employees. In return, the performance of these organizations is not in accordance with the organizational contribution. As an initial finding, the deficiency was observed in employees’ job engagement. In the theoretical framework, four variables were taken where job engagement was the DV, and project management leadership and knowledge management were the IVs. Self-efficacy was used as a mediator. Responses from the top and middle management employees of public and private sector organizations were collected for analysis. 166 responses were received against 320 floated questionnaire. SPSS and PLS Smart were used for analysis. The mediation test was performed through Structural Equation Modelling by PLS Smart 3. Results have shown that visible improvement can be made in job engagement of the employees as partial mediation has been observed by using self-efficacy as the mediator between Project Management Leadership, Knowledge Management Job Engagement. Knowledge Management and Project Management Leadership have positive impact on Self Efficacy and Job Engagement. Partial mediation has been observed which illustrate acceptance of all hypotheses.