Employee engagement and individual performance: The moderating role of the nature of social ties

Abstract

Studies on the individual performance of employees has occupied a primordial place in management sciences for several years. Numerous papers have been published with relevant and sometimes divergent results. This study has a dual purpose: on the one hand, it aims to investigate the influence of employee commitment on individual performance, and on the other hand, the role that the nature of social ties plays on this relationship. An empirical analysis based on a sample of 209 Cameroonian public companies reveals that employee engagement has a positive influence on the individual performance of employees and the nature of social ties only moderates this relationship. In Cameroon, the nature of social ties has a greater influence on the relationship between calculated commitment and individual performance. The results of this study make it possible to highlight implications for public organizations.

Classification JEL : M12

Paper type : Empirical research