The effect of perceived organizational support on job performance through job engagement

Abstract

Human resources have an important and strategic role in an organization. Human capital (such as: ideas, information, knowledge, skills, competence) is to date the most important form of capital/resources in a modern economy. In fact, for any business, high employee performance is the main key to excel and beat the competition. The research objective was to examine the direct and indirect effects of Perceived organizational support on Job Performance through Job Engagement. Using the multi-stage sampling technique, a sample of 320 employees was obtained from 40 creative industries/economy in Indonesia. Data analysis technique used SEM- PLS. The results of the study prove that Perceived Organizational Support has an effect on Job Performance; Job engagement acts as partial mediating in this regard. Theoretical and practical implications are presented at the end of this paper.