Unleashing Potential: the Transformative Influence of Empowerment, Trust, and Procedural Justice on Fostering Employee Development In A New Normal Landscape

Abstract

Purpose: The study is aimed at connecting Employee Empowerment, Trust among employees and Procedural Justice with Employee Development for driving work innovation. The study suggests several avenues for additional research, including carrying up additional empirical investigations on the same and other selected antecedents and results of both within various industries. Design/Methodology/Approach: A theoretical grounded conceptual model is developed to organize a mechanism through Employee empowerment, Trust among employees and Procedural Justice and its relationship with Employee Development fostering work innovation. A questionnaire-based survey was designed to test the model based on dataset of 210 employees in banking industry in Delhi NCR and other parts of north India out of which 176 employees completed the questionnaire completely and correctly. The model and posited hypotheses were tested using SPSS tool. Findings:The results indicated that Employee empowerment, Trust among employees and Procedural justice positively and significantly affect Employee development. Limitations and Implications:The study's findings are specific to the context, industry, or organizational culture in which it was conducted. The reliance on self-reported measures for employee empowerment, trust among employee, procedural justice and employee development may introduce response biases. Future studies could incorporate objective performance metrics or supervisor evaluations to complement self-reported data. Practical implications : The sample represented only banking Industry. The relationship between Employee Empowerment, Trust among Employees, Procedural Justice, and employee development is inspected that would guide managers to induce effective HRD practices in the organizations. The paper offers guidance to practitioners on comprehending and overseeing employee growth. Originality Values: Ample literature is available on these variables in different context and association but in the best knowledge of authors no study has taken place to integrate all three variables together which have an impact upon employee’s development in interactive job of delivering the service in banking industry in last decade. © 2024 African Science Publications. All rights reserved.