Psychological Capital, LMX, Employee Engagement & Work Role Performance

This study explores the linkages among psychological capital, quality of employee-employer relationship through the lens of Leader-Member exchange theory and the process of employee engagement. Furthermore it explores the effect of employee engagement process on the performance of employees in various work roles. Adopting a survey based research design a sample of 298 Indian working managers at different levels in various sectors is analyzed. The findings provide insights in to how psychological capital, LMX influence employee engagement process and work role performance. It suggests that individual's high psychological capital and high quality relationship with their leaders is positively related to employee engagement and performance of individual in various work roles.