EMPOWERING Leadership, Competencies, and Work Engagement among Administrative and Finance Personnel of State Universities and Colleges in Caraga Region, PHILIPPINES

Abstract

In this competitive global work environment, fostering employee engagement is crucial. Various organizational challenges can lead to a decline in work engagement. This study aimed to determine how empowering leadership and employees’ competencies could influence work engagement among administrative and finance personnel of State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in the Caraga Region, Philippines. Data were collected from 213 randomly chosen administrative and finance non-teaching personnel from various SUCs. Mean, Standard Deviation, Pearson’s R Correlation, and Multiple Regression were used in analyzing the data. The findings revealed that the status of empowering leadership and the level of employees’ competencies of administrative and finance personnel in SUCs are very high and their level of work engagement is high. Moreover, there are significant relationships between empowering leadership and work engagement and employees’ competencies and work engagement. Additionally, when comparing the influence of empowering leadership and employees’ competencies on work engagement, employees’ competencies showed a stronger influence than empowering leadership. The combined influence of empowering leadership and employees’ competencies on work engagement was found to be significant.