Title: Physical environment and employee commitment: a moderating role of work autonomy

Authors: Veena Shenoy; Rashmi Uchil

Addresses: Krupanidhi Group of Institutions, Department of Management Bangalore-560035, India ' National Institute of Technology, Karnataka Surathkal, Srinivasnagar, Mangalore-575025, India

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of physical environment on employee commitment with a moderating role of work autonomy. The questionnaire was formed on the basis of previously validated methods. 269 employees from various information technology (IT) companies were interviewed. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) is used to establish the reliability and validity measurements and a moderated structural equation modelling (MSEM) is used to test the hypothesis. The result of the study showed an optimistic influence of work autonomy on physical environment and employee commitment. Since the study was undertaken in IT firms, the generalisation of the same across other sectors is not possible and therefore a scope for further studies. The research tries to bring a three dimensional model highlighting the importance of work autonomy combining physical environment and employee commitment.

Keywords: physical environment; PE; work autonomy; WA; employee commitment; EC; confirmatory factor analysis; CFA; moderated structural equation modelling; MSEM.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2022.122490

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2022 Vol.27 No.4, pp.446 - 461

Received: 13 Sep 2019
Accepted: 08 Mar 2020
Published online: 28 Apr 2022 *

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