The European Journal of Social & Behavioural Sciences
Online ISSN: 2301-2218
European Publisher
Employees’ Empowerment and Engagement in Attaining Personal and Organisational Goals
Table 1: Bayes Generalized Estimates on Individual Pieces of Evidence Collected from the Interviews
| Bayesian Updating assessment for Hypotheses A and B through competing hypothesis principles | |||||
| Analysis of evidence in relation to the impact of employees’ empowerment and engagement strategies employed by managers at an LPG Cyprus Company in identifying and promoting good practice. | |||||
| Evidence No. | Evidence | P(Evidence if Hypothesis True) | P(Hypothesis Given Evidence) | ||
| p(Et | A,[E]t-1) | p(Et|B, [E]t-1) | p(A|E) | p(B|E) | ||
| 0.50 | 0.50 | ||||
| Level 1: Observations | |||||
| E1. | Observation on mood | 1 | 0.2 | 0.83 | 0.17 |
| E2. | Observation on time management | 1 | 0.3 | 0.77 | 0.23 |
| E3. | Observed Employee-Manager relations | 1 | 0.2 | 0.83 | 0.17 |
| 0.81 | 0.19 | ||||
| Level 2: Managers’ Part 1 Responses | |||||
| E4. | Understanding of employees’ talents | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| E5. | Future plans in talent management | 1 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| E6. | Amount of time mangers spend with the employees the kind of interaction they have. | 1 | 0.8 | 0.56 | 0.44 |
| 0.57 | 0.43 | ||||
| Level 3: Managers’ Part 2 Responses | |||||
| E7. | Company’s team energization | 1 | 0.85 | 0.54 | 0.46 |
| E8. | Employees’ aspiration to excel and take initiatives | 1 | 1.2 | 0.45 | 0.55 |
| E9. | Employees’ focus on company’s goals, problem solving and excellent performance. | 1 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| 0.55 | 0.45 | ||||
| Level 4: Managers’ Part 3 Responses | |||||
| E10. | The team’s comfort in driving and adopting organizational change | 1 | 0.4 | 0.71 | 0.29 |
| E11. | Is change management managers’ personal responsibility for managers? | 1 | 0.2 | 0.83 | 0.17 |
| E12. | Employees’ change management responsibility | 1 | 1.3 | 0.43 | 0.57 |
| E13. | Attitudes in being internal change ambassadors | 1 | 1.2 | 0.45 | 0.55 |
| E14. | Adoption and application of training and development lessons to work delivery | 1 | 0.6 | 0.63 | 0.38 |
| 0.61 | 0.39 | ||||
| Level 5: Managers’ Part 4 Responses | |||||
| E15. | Employees’ opportunity to make decisions regarding their responsibilities and company’s strategic goals | 1 | 0.8 | 0.56 | 0.44 |
| E16. | Managers’ engagement with employees in waste and cost minimization | 1 | 0.4 | 0.71 | 0.29 |
| E17. | Employees’ autonomy in making strategic decisions | 1 | 0.25 | 0.80 | 0.20 |
| 0.69 | 0.31 | ||||
| Level 6: Employees’ Part 1 Responses | |||||
| E18. | What they believe they can deliver best linked to their job positions | 1 | 0.3 | 0.77 | 0.23 |
| E19. | Major motivation to work at the LPG Company | 1 | 0.1 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| E20. | Activities they enjoy doing at work place. | 1 | 0.1 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| E21. | Activities they enjoy doing outside the working environment | 1 | 0.2 | 0.83 | 0.17 |
| E22. | The duties that colleagues endorse | 1 | 0.6 | 0.62 | 0.38 |
| E23. | Type of activities that employees engage in so actively that they do not notice time passing | 1 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| 0.79 | 0.21 | ||||
| Level 7: Employees’ Part 2 Responses | |||||
| E24. | Link between workplace duties and individuals’ passion, performance and ability to learn | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| E25. | If employees enjoy their work and their concentration levels | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| E26. | Focus on Company’s goals and problem solving | 1 | 0.4 | 0.71 | 0.29 |
| 0.57 | 0.43 | ||||
| Level 8: Employees’ Part 3 Responses | |||||
| E27. | Embracing change management as personal responsibility | 1 | 0.1 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| E28. | Application of training and development lessons to the working environment | 1 | 0.2 | 0.83 | 0.17 |
| 0.87 | 0.13 | ||||
| Level 9: Employees’ Part 4 Responses | |||||
| E29. | Employee-manager relationships | 1 | 0.32 | 0.76 | 0.24 |
| E30. | Foundation of employee- manager relations | 1 | 0.25 | 0.80 | 0.20 |
| E31. | If work process involves inclusion | 1 | 0.28 | 0.78 | 0.22 |
| E32. | Opportunity and encouragement of being innovative | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| 0.71 | 0.29 | ||||