Abstract:
In the contemporary business environment, human resource (HR) is an indispensable
input for organizational effectiveness. Hence, an effective management of
human resources has an important role to play in the performance and success
of organizations and they play a vital role in shaping and reshaping the human
capital too. It is important that business organizations need to empower employees
which develops commitment towards the organization. Committed employees
work hard for attaining the goals of the organization and also lead the organization
to innovation. Most of the organizations follow employee empowerment,
organizational commitment and innovative behaviour as the best practices in their
organizations. In this paper the author tries to explore the relationship among
employee empowerment, organizational commitment and innovative behaviour. The
study was carried out in 3 Information technology organizations in Chennai. 159
respondents participated in the study.The collected data was captured in SPSS 16
and AMOS for CFA. Correlation analysis proves correlations among the variables
are significant. Regression analysis provides model identified but statistical points
proved to be weak on the variables taken for the study.The study identified that
employee empowerment and organizational commitment have been practiced as
contemporary human resource practices leads to employee innovative behaviour.