Workforce agility: Examining the role of organizational practices and psychological empowerment

摘要

Despite broad recognition of the importance of agility in the workforce, little research has been conducted on the organizational characteristics and initiatives that engender it. Rooted in organizational and cognitive theory, a study of 524 employees in India's manufacturing and service sectors proposes that workforce agility is the result of specific organizational practices and psychological empowerment. Contributing to both management theory and practice, the findings show that an environment that encourages teamwork has the most influence in promoting agility, followed by programs that address reward systems, employee involvement, organizational learning and training, and information systems. In addition, the study found that agility is fostered by the psychological empowerment variable of impact, followed by self-determination, meaning, and competence.