THE MEDIATING INFLUENCE OF AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB INVOLVEMENT AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

Employee engagement has become important in conceptualizing and measuring the impact of human capital in Business organizations and integration of many aspects of HR- employee satisfaction, commitment, motivation, trust, loyalty and involvement. The aim of the study was to establish the mediating effect of affective commitment on the relationship between job involvement and employee engagement. An explanatory research design was adopted and a sample of 100 employees of Aircel ltd., through simple random sampling was selected. The study established a significant mediating effect of affective commitment on the relationship between job involvement and employee engagement. The study recommends that organizations striving to enhance the employee engagement should focus on enhancing the affective commitment of the employees toward the organization. This study recommends further research on the mediating effect of affective commitment on the relationship between job involvement and labour productivity