A CAUSAL MODEL ON WORK ENGAGEMENT OF POLICE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN REGION 11 CONCERNING LEADERSHIP, PERSONALITY TRAITS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT

Georby Cawaling Manuel; Victoria Onyot Ligan; Alberto Noble Bandiola

doi:10.29121/granthaalayah.v10.i10.2022.4835

Authors

Dr. Georby Cawaling Manuel Admin Officer IV & Acting College Administrator, Altavas College, Altavas, Aklan, Philippines
Victoria Onyot Ligan Corporate Research and Development Director, Joji Ilagan International Schools, Davao City Philippines, Professor, Davao del Sur State College, Digos, Davao del Sur, Philippines
Dr. Alberto Noble Bandiola Professor, Professional Schools, University of Mindanao, Davao City, Philippines, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO), DENR, Davao del Sur, Philippines

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v10.i10.2022.4835

Keywords:

Public Administration, Leadership Factors, Personality Traits, Organizational Commitment, Work Engagement, Structural Equation Model, Philippines

Abstract [English]

This study aimed to establish the best fit structural model of work engagement of police commissioned officers in region 11. The exogenous variables in the model are leadership factors, personality traits, and organizational commitment. The endogenous variable is work engagement. 400 police commissioned officers selected through stratified random sampling responded to the survey. Data analysis used the mean, Pearson r, multiple regression, and structural equation modeling (SEM). Results showed the respondents' high leadership factors, personality traits, organizational commitment, and work engagement. Additionally, the correlation test revealed a significant relationship between the exogenous and endogenous variables. The regression results exposed the 61.2% combined effect of leadership factors, personality traits, and organizational commitment on work engagement. Only Model 5 met all goodness of fit indices among the five developed models. Further analysis of the model revealed that leadership factors, personality traits, and organizational commitment, with their select manifest variables, are predictors of work engagement. The model shows that for leadership factors, the indicators are intellectual stimulation, individualized consideration, management-by-exception, and passive leadership; personality traits are agreeableness and openness; affective and normative for organizational commitment. For work engagement, the manifest variables left in the model are vigor and dedication. The study concludes with the significance of leadership, personality, and commitment toward meaningful work engagement. Police commissioned officers can work on their leadership skills, improve their character, and practice the art of commitment to face the challenge of police work. The paper further discussed the implications for the police agency in the country.

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