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Assessing the impact of employee empowerment on organisational performance: the mediating role of affective commitment

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  • Joseph Afram
  • Marta Mas-Machuca
  • Alba Manresa

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This study explored the mediating effect of affective commitment on the relationship between employee empowerment (structural, psychological) and organisational performance in Ghanaian commercial banks. The proposed hypotheses were tested with SEM (EQS), based on a sample of 274 employees selected from nine commercial banks in the Bono and Asante region, Ghana. The analysis revealed that affective commitment mediates the relationship between the two main aspects of empowerment (structural, psychological), and organisational performance. The findings of the study provide a basis allowing managers to use their organisational structures and the cognitive abilities of their employees to improve their employees' affective commitment to enhance effective strategic decisions and their implementation to improve performance. The current study expands the previous literature by exploring the mediating role of affective commitment on the relationship between the two main dimensions of empowerment (structural, psychological) and organisational performance in the banking sector in a developing economy.

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  • Joseph Afram & Marta Mas-Machuca & Alba Manresa, 2025. "Assessing the impact of employee empowerment on organisational performance: the mediating role of affective commitment," International Journal of Business Excellence, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 35(3), pages 372-400.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbexc:v:35:y:2025:i:3:p:372-400
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