Moderation Effect of Organizational Commitment on the Relationship Between Information Sharing and Organizational Productivity: A Review of Literature

Abstract

engagement, in general, is the level of commitment and involvement that employees exhibit towards their organization and its values. Further, Soane et al. (2012) explain employee engagement as a latent construct, in which the higher-order factor of engagement underlies the facets of work. Mason (2020) and Lockwood (2007) explain employee engagement as the degree to which employees commit to something or someone in their organization. At the same time, Kahn (1990) explains employee engagement as a person's involvement and enthusiasm in their job. Further, Sharma and Anupama (2011) demonstrate employee engagement as employees' commitment towards achieving the organizational goal, mission, and vision. Many types of research have been conducted on employee engagement and its relationship with organizational citizenship behaviour, counterproductive work behaviour, and the role of employee engagement drivers in employee engagement. In this research, the researchers look into organizational commitment, employee involvement, information sharing, and their relationship with organizational productivity. Though literature shows more than 45 top employee engagement drivers, this research will focus only on two drivers based on the WIFI model, which are "information sharing and involvement." 1.1 Research Objectives 1. To explore the moderating role of organizational commitment between information sharing and organizational productivity. 2. To explore the moderating role of organizational commitment between employee involvement and organizational productivity. 2. Literature Review In this part, the researchers will dig deeper into the relevant past theories and studies about employee engagement drivers. Mainly, two of the drivers based on the WIFI model, which are information sharing and involvement, are studied in this research, along with the role of organizational commitment and the effects of the mentioned variable on organizational success and productivity. The conceptual framework has been drawn based on the following review of the literature. 2.1 Employee Engagement and its drivers based on WIFI model As previously mentioned, employee engagement is the degree to which an employee is committed to someone or something within an organization. Turner (2020) elaborates that employee engagement is considered positive and proactive behavior in the organization, which is being performed by a combination of motivated and emotionally attached