Abstract:

Employee Engagement has a positive impact not only on individuals but also on healthcare organizational outcomes’ efficiency and effectiveness, hence increase overall performance and ensures long-term survival in a competitive environment. The study is conducted with the aim of investigating the Staff Engagement Impact on Employee Performance in HealthCare Sector in Saudi Arabia. Variables are employee engagement, performance (productivity, Retention Commitment, intent to leave), and job satisfaction. Participants in this research were 186 employees working in Saudi Arabia. The data were collected by using an online questionnaire consisting of three sections and analyzed by SPSS. The key findings are employee engagement is positively associated with employee performance, which was measured through three key items: self-reported productivity, retention commitment, and intent to leave. Specifically, employee engagement showed a strong positive relationship with productivity and retention commitment, while an inverse relationship was observed with intent to leave, highlighting its role in improving retention within the Saudi Arabian healthcare sector. Furthermore, employee engagement was found to have a positive effect on job satisfaction. However, when job satisfaction was examined as a mediating variable, employee engagement had no significant effect on employee performance, further results are detailed in the main text.
3 Hypothesis and 3 sub-hypotheses were developed to test the variables relation. Moreover, the recommendations may assist managers and HR professionals in understanding and adopting employee engagement strategies among healthcare providers, both now and in the future.